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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 19 April 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 165
19 April 2024
Chasing clouds again this morning. I thought I might get a bit of a gap so I tried for an animation of the massive prominence on the SE limb. I managed 50 minutes but it is badly affected by cloud to start with. None the less it shows some nice evolution over a very short period. I think it is dissi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:39 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 18 April 2024 Flares
- Replies: 10
- Views: 196
18 April 2024 Flares
As always when something is going on the clouds show up. I had three attempts at this animation and had to scrub the first hour as the cloud made it impossible to get a reasonable result. That aside this MPEG4 is from 0124 until 0321UTC. 1hour and 57 minutes. 1124 am to 0121pm local. All images with...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 17 April 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 170
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 17 April 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 170
17 April 2024
Heaps of clouds today. Only imaging was quick grabs in the gaps. First 2 are B/W and colour of the AR 3643 and its group. Second 2 are of AR 3634 on the west side. A beautiful filament in the north lifted off just after I imaged it this morning. The fist filament is from the 16 April and the other f...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 16 April 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 175
16 April 2024
Interesting day and a few problems. Major issues trying to process Quark prominences for an animation. Imppg will not Aline the frames for some reason. Anyway that aside, the animation, MPEG 4, is 2 hours of the new arrivals AR 3643 and associated AR's. Captured with a Lunt 100 DS and a ZWO432mm ope...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:59 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 12 April 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 223
12 April 2024
Three different setups today. I needed to get a better handle on what was what. Still got more to do, but narrowing it down a bit. First three are my Lunt 100 DS and ZWO 432MM Next three are from my Coronado 90mm with the ZWO 432mm Last three are with the Quark and the ZWO174MM Last but not least a ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 10 April 2024.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 270
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 10 April 2024.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 270
10 April 2024.
Seeing was not really good but settled for half an hour. I concentrated on AR 3628 and AR 3633. This is how I saw them this morning. I have an animation of an hour and a half but conditions make it very poor. HI Res - https://astrob.in/rug1nk/0/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/sNXwTUKAopwN_1824x0_1I...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 08 April 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 236
08 April 2024
Clouds moving through all day for me so no chance for an Animation. Imaging in the gaps, so I thought I might see what would happen if I put my Quark on the DS 100 Lunt. All images in that configuration, except one prominence which is just with the DS. Why not!!! Hi Res- https://astrob.in/76ocvw/0/ ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:48 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solar ISTAR 228/F9 in action 06.04.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 263
Re: Solar ISTAR 228/F9 in action 06.04.
Very nice detail for the condition. I look forward to seeing some of your work with good seeing.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:59 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 07 April 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 127
07 April 2024
After three days of rain and cloud I managed about a 20 minute gap. Time only for a look at AR3628 on the eastern front and the Prominences on the west side. These proms use to be the filaments in my last post. https://astrob.in/8tu1pp/0/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/6WeDBK8bpp7F_1824x0_1IAs-44Z....
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 3rd April 2024
- Replies: 9
- Views: 209
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:39 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 3rd April 2024
- Replies: 9
- Views: 209
3rd April 2024
Our Sun seemed reasonably quite today. My imaging friend, Peter Marples, put up a nice inverted animation of the large filaments in the south west quarter yesterday.https://astrob.in/4whmt7/0/ It showed some nice movement so I had a look at it this morning. Seemed to be very quite today but looks go...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Back in the saddle... animations from Up n Over Down Under
- Replies: 17
- Views: 307
Re: Back in the saddle... animations from Up n Over Down Under
Yes Peter, super work for not-so-great conditions. I particularly like the inverted filament, quite good movement in there. Iam trying one now.
The finale animation has some very fine detail.
The finale animation has some very fine detail.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2nd April 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 279
2nd April 2024
Have had no Sun for a couple of days. So I made a colour version of AR 3615 on the Limb. Also processed a couple of frame from the capture files showing the Loop structure. https://astrob.in/en875p/0/ https://astrob.in/en875p/0/rawthumb/gallery/get.jpg?insecure 2024-03-31-0049_7-CAPTURE_LAPL4_AP2915...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:26 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 31 March 2024
- Replies: 9
- Views: 260
31 March 2024
Today started very cloudy and never really cleared that much. I have attached a shot of the sky that these images were taken through. At times the Exp. was 20ms to keep around a 50% histogram. I thought it really a waste of time but it seemed to work. You can be the Judge I guess. One of my imaging ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 30 March 2024 AR3615
- Replies: 11
- Views: 280
30 March 2024 AR3615
I was lucky today to be able to capture the departure of AR 3615. Seeing was not great to start but settled down and was quiet consistent of the rest of the captures. This totals 5 hours of what was happening on the limb as 3615 disappears from our view. The large Sunspot on the trailing edge of the...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 29 March 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 179
29 March 2024
Today started clear but soon was destroyed by cloud from an animation point of view. I had three attempts at an animation and wound up deleting all of them. Seeing was consistently bad all day between clouds and I stopped at 4.30pm. All I could manage is a few captures in some reasonable gaps. I all...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:37 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 28 March 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 242
28 March 2024
The monster active area 3614 is nearing the western limb now. I am hoping for some clear sky in the morning for a farewell look. In the meantime this is some of what I saw this morning. The animation (1 Hr and 55min )is from the day before and the images from today covering AR 3614, 3615 and 3619. A...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 25 March 2024
- Replies: 9
- Views: 203
25 March 2024
Thought I would look at AR3614 this morning after a few days of cloud. It has been quiet active but seemed a little passive while I was imaging today. Never the less here is 2 hours and 5 minutes of it's daily routine. From 2227 UTC until 0032 UTC. I also looked at AR3615 and a couple of prominences...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: A few prominence animations.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 321
Re: A few prominence animations.
Thanks everyone! I tried the image align in ImPPG but unfortunately my tracking was a bit too wayward and the program didn't do it for me. I ended up manually aligning in Registax 5, doing a batch process in Photoshop to blacken the disc and then finishing up with PIPP for the final animation. The ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 19 March 2024 Mono Version
- Replies: 5
- Views: 201
19 March 2024 Mono Version
This is the same data as the colour but shows more finer details I think.
https://astrob.in/9ld3ng/B/
https://astrob.in/9ld3ng/B/
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: A few prominence animations.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 321
Re: A few prominence animations.
You have some nice details in there Brian. Flats will help a lot with the uneven illumination.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 19 March 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 289
19 March 2024
I saddled up for the Prominences again today. Condition were reasonable for a 3 Hour animation of the departing SW prom complex The GiF was far to big, so again it is presented as a MPEG4 video. Capture was from 2224UT until 0127 UTC Lunt 100 DS with a ZWO 432 mm at F35. Static images are firstly of...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:01 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 18 March 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 312
18 March 2024
After a few days of rain and cloud I got about an hour and a half of imaging this morning. Wanted to look at some prominences both DS and SS. Also managed 50 minute animation of the departing SW fila-prom. First image is Double Stack, second on of the same area is Single Stack. Third image is SS and...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 14 March 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 271
Re: 14 March 2024
Hi Mark,
Why can't I link the image address with MPEG4 the same way we link the GIF files?
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: System outage March 28th at 0600GMT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 925
Re: System outage March 21st at 2300GMT
Hey guys,
Why can't I upload a MPEG4 File. It is only 52 MB.
It does not appear to work the same as the "the copy image address" we use for GIF's.
The AstroBin link is fine but is simply tries to insert an image symbol when the address is pasted in.
Why can't I upload a MPEG4 File. It is only 52 MB.
It does not appear to work the same as the "the copy image address" we use for GIF's.
The AstroBin link is fine but is simply tries to insert an image symbol when the address is pasted in.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:15 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 14 March 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 271
14 March 2024
A farewell look at AR3599 on the western limb. This is 2hours and 47 minutes of it daily routine. 2237 to 1024 UTC. Again a very large file, so presented as a MPEG4 Video. The presentation is rotated 90Deg CCW for easier viewing Lunt 100 DS with a ZWO432mm camera at F35. Animation at - https://astro...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 13 March 2024 Inverted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 227
13 March 2024 Inverted
Seeing was awful as you can see in the video. I new at the time but did the capture anyway as I wanted to try different delay time and a different way of processing. I was going to delete it but thought I would try inverting it for different approach. Rather than try and post a 200MB+ GIF, Arne Dani...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1512
Re: April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT
Yes Rich,
Right in the centre line, probably be raining.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1512
Re: April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT
I will set my alarm this time.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2 hours 39 minutes timelapse of AR13599, 13600 and 13605 in H-Alpha 8th of March 2024
- Replies: 15
- Views: 421
Re: 2 hours 39 minutes timelapse of AR13599, 13600 and 13605 in H-Alpha 8th of March 2024
Thank you very much for taking the time to look and comment everyone! Much appreciated! Ralph: The resulting GIF-animation from PIPP ended up at 639MB so this time I generated and uploaded a MPEG-4 encoded AVI file instead (also in PIPP). Using maximum quality this file ended up with a filesize of ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2 hours 39 minutes timelapse of AR13599, 13600 and 13605 in H-Alpha 8th of March 2024
- Replies: 15
- Views: 421
Re: 2 hours 39 minutes timelapse of AR13599, 13600 and 13605 in H-Alpha 8th of March 2024
Excellent Arne, really smooth and excellent detail throughout.
That amount of data tends to put me off. However the results speak for them selves.
What was the upload file size on AstroBin?
That amount of data tends to put me off. However the results speak for them selves.
What was the upload file size on AstroBin?
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:49 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: I am afraid it's a goner
- Replies: 14
- Views: 375
Re: I am afraid it's a goner
Send it back to ZWO and they will fix it Rich.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:46 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Another Day, another shot...through clouds 3/11/2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 226
Re: Another Day, another shot...through clouds 3/11/2024
Looks like you have that little contraption sorted out Warren. Pity it doesn’t dissipate clouds.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 12 March 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 211
12 March 2024
This is all I could manage today. The AR 3599 complex is nearing the SW Western limb.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:56 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 11 March 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 166
11 March 2024
Had a look with my 90mm SS Coronado and the Quark today. The main image is of the big SW limb prominence with my 130mm Vixen and the Coronado at F30, and a ZWO 174mm. Conditions were not great but consistent. The first two are of AR 3599 one with the Coronado and one with the Quark. Same with the Pr...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:05 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 10 March 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 235
10 March 2024
Reasonable seeing to day. This is a look at AR 3599 and the SW limb prominences. Just as I was setting up for an animation a huge prominence lifted of the Suns surface. I caught what I could. Ten minutes earlier would have been nice. Hopefully someone has captured more than me. https://astrob.in/vze...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 9 March 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 289
9 March 2024
Reasonable conditions for todays look at our Sun. Seeing steady most of the time and l there was no wind here but the QLD guys had a hard time. This is 3 Hours of the activity in the AR 3599 and AR 3600 complex. Both producing minor flare activity during the capture. There is also a host of other ac...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:31 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 8 March 2024
- Replies: 14
- Views: 319
8 March 2024
Condition were a little better today. Started a bit cloudy but cleared away. I managed an animation of the AR 3599 and AR 3600 region. Starting at 0001 UTC until 0221UTC. Seeing was pretty reasonable throughout with only odd times that were iffy. I have added 2 static images as well, one is Double S...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 6 March 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 308
6 March 2024
A revisit to 3 March 2024. Some nice prominences coloured and masked in Photoshop. Animation with Lunt 100 DS with a ZWO 432mm at F35. Plus a nice prom from 6 March. Taken using a Vixen 130mm and a Quark with a ZWO 174mm camera. https://astrob.in/x1tg3r/0/ https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/3448/2024/c...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 5 March 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 237
5 March 2024
Not really great seeing this morning. Started testing my Quark on the 130mm Vixen with ZWO 174mm camera. Both prominences were captured with it. The rest were with my Lunt 100 DS and a ZWO 432mm at F35. There was a couple of nice Fila-proms, one on the east and one on the west side today. Fila-prom ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 3rd March 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 283
3rd March 2024
After two days of cloud and rain, today started the same. After mid morning some breaks and cleared for an hour and a half for a prom animation. Had a look at AR 3595 and a nice filament. There is some nice activity coming around the SE limb. I managed the animation from 0032 until 0204 UTC. Lunt 10...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 804
Re: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)
Hal as a fairly reasonable Solar imager, what ever process you used on the first image, I would not change as it on the money. Everything can of course can be tweaked, nothing wrong with that. Topaz AI, I think, has no place in Solar processing. Same goes for planetary. It certainly has a place but ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:16 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR3590 55 minute animation Up n Over Down Under
- Replies: 9
- Views: 299
Re: AR3590 55 minute animation Up n Over Down Under
Excellent work here Peter. There is really good resolution throughout and shows the activity on the southern side of the Umbra perfectly.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:08 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR3590-Still a Treat
- Replies: 12
- Views: 376
Re: AR3590-Still a Treat
Lovely work Paul. I like the slightly off band image in this case. It show some detail that would other wise be lost.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:00 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Seestar AR3590 on February 26, 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 358
Re: Seestar AR3590 on February 26, 2024
Really nice Franco. What a great asset to any office.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 540nm Continuum. Feb 29 2024.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 246
Re: 540nm Continuum. Feb 29 2024.
Good stuff James. That is a particularly nice view of 3590 approaching the limb.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:52 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sunspot Progression with the Seestar 2/25 - 2/26/2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 278
Re: Sunspot Progression with the Seestar 2/25 - 2/26/2024
I’m guessing you have the S50 with you on your trip Warren. Interested in seeing more in the future.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR3590 Prominence Animation Ha 01-03-2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 308
Re: AR3590 Prominence Animation Ha 01-03-2024
Nice set Martin. I’m glad you got to catch those loops. That SE activity looks promising as well.