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DeepSolar64

You have a good lineup here Brian. Very nice!

James

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WoW at the contrast!! Superb work Mark!

James

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Superb work Eric!!

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Andrea,
You captured the huge active region complex in the SW quadrant superbly in Ha and I really like your CaK full disc too!

Nice work!

James

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Most of the active regions are in a big clump in the SW quadrant.

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My session time was from 14:14 until 14:50 UTC. The skies were partly cloudy with below average seeing. The temperature was 53F ( 11.6C ) Breezy. Observing!.JPG Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x and 25x. ( 656.28nm ) I could see fifteen active regions on the solar disc! Six were seen in the northern h...

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Thanks for the compliments Arne, David and Peter.

Mark,
Now only if I can find a large plastic jar lid that will fit the dew shade on the C102. 66mm would be an improvement over 40mm.

James

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Thanks and you are welcome, Arne.

DeepSolar64 · Re: April 18 2024 White Light Observations. You are welcome Maurits.

You are welcome Maurits.

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Ivan, I am glad you and family are doing well. We are doing well but my dad does require a bit more care than he once did and that will only become more so as his condition worsens. I do like this place, it is more rural than my old home in Edneyville NC and I really enjoy kayaking and fishing the l...

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This Smarteye eyepiece is very interesting, thank you. Do we know the cost ? It sounds like it stacks live images the way the Seestar does but for viewing only, not photography, if I understand well. It certainly would make a good addition to an observing kit, if it works they way it is advertised....

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Thanks Petr and Franco!

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Very nice on both calcium images. The resolution is really good. The photosphere dominates the lower image but the chromosphere can be seen a little giving the picture a bit of a different look than white light. The photospheric granules and spots look awesome!! The first picture shows much more cal...

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Thanks Dennis!

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Rainer, I believe it. A friend of mine has two Sharpstars. An SS76 EDPH and an SS94 EDPH. Both perform very well. They compare very closely to my AT72EDII. He has a TV85 and a FS102 which I think are a bit better than the Sharpstars or my AT72EDII. ASKAR has a 180mm model which would be astounding f...

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Nice work Pedro. I am always a fan of your last four light image composite. It shows me most of what is going on at a glance and that is important on cloudy days like today when I could not observe or image the Sun for myself.

Thanks.

James

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Very nice imaging work, Stu!

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Mark,
These are very nice. The close-ups are stunning. They show a lot of fine detail and have very nice contrast.

Two thumbs up!!

James

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The seeing is very intermittent, At times poor and at other times very good. During the good moments the detail shown is really nice! There is a lot going on here. Very well captured despite the issues.

James

DeepSolar64 · Re: 21 April 2024 Looks great, Ralph!!

Looks great, Ralph!!

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Very nice work Eric. I usually prefer positive images on average but your second image, an inverted full disc is absolutely awesome. My favorite of an already great run of images.

Thanks for sharing and I hope you had a good weekend.

James

DeepSolar64 · Re: Full Disc 21-04-2024 Nicely done Rainer.

Nicely done Rainer.

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I noticed the double scope AZ mount from Sky-Watcher. I would love this. That tandem capability on an Altazimuth mount is what I love the most about my Losmandy AZ8. ZWO now makes/sells APO refractors. Cool!! It looks like all of you had a good time. Thanks for sharing your NEAF experience, Franco. ...

DeepSolar64 · Re: Ha from 24-3-24 Very nice. Love the proms!!

Very nice. Love the proms!!

DeepSolar64

Nice Ha work!! The inverted images show a lot of depth relief. Quite 3D!

DeepSolar64

If seeing supports it, what happens if you image with the full aperture, do you observe a large decrease in contrast ? What is the the ideal focal ratio for k line imaging ? If you image down in UV at f6 (the native focal ratio of this scope) then the image is full of spherical aberation, which res...

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Nice results James I think you achieved a very good resolution for that aperture. Processing is also very well executed. If seeing supports it, what happens if you image with the full aperture, do you observe a large decrease in contrast ? What is the the ideal focal ratio for k line imaging ? I ha...

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WMoore wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:03 pm Very nice images, lots of contrast as noted. Second was my fav.
Thanks!

Thanks and you are welcome. Getting substantial contrast is the greatest challenge with this filter.

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Martin, That one is one of my favorites. Thanks! Mark, There is certainly a bit more contrast to work with. The seeing was decent too! Geoff, No peanut butter harmed. The plastic jar was empty. Thanks Maurits. Everything now around me is getting so green. Today it is raining so I probably will not g...

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Warren, The biggest difference I see between a Lunt CaK wedge and the Antlia K-Line filter is the contrast between light and dark areas. The faculae/plage stands out so much better in a Lunt module. I know that the main reason for this is that the wider bandpass of the Antlia wedge lets more light ...

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rsfoto wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:59 am
DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:58 am Thanks Warren and Rainer. And Rainer, I know you are not a big fan of inverted images. Hey, most are positives!!

James
You are right but that is a terrible colour combination Sorry to be honest

Hey, that's ok. Constructive criticism is good!

DeepSolar64

Thanks Warren and Rainer. And Rainer, I know you are not a big fan of inverted images. Hey, most are positives!!

James

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Warren, The biggest difference I see between a Lunt CaK wedge and the Antlia K-Line filter is the contrast between light and dark areas. The faculae/plage stands out so much better in a Lunt module. I know that the main reason for this is that the wider bandpass of the Antlia wedge lets more light f...

DeepSolar64 · Re: Disks in WL, Cak and Ha 4/14/2024 Nice GIF composite!!

Nice GIF composite!!

DeepSolar64 · Re: Ha and CaK disks 4/20/2024 Welcome, well done Warren. I loved them!

Welcome, well done Warren. I loved them!

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I just love the improved contrast of a " real " CaK narrowband filter compared to my Antlia CaK 3nm bandpass model.

Swoooonnn....

James

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Today I decided to image in K-Line to try out a new 40mm mask for my AT72EDII that I made from a peanut butter plastic jar lid. It worked fine. My session took place a few minutes around 15:00 UTC under clear skies. The seeing was above average which helped out a lot too. The temperature was 73F ( 2...

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Brian,
It looks like you had a good eclipse experience despite the clouds. Your pics turned out well too!

James

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Very nice work Ivan. Hopefully this is the beginning of a great summer observing season for you.

I hope you and family are doing well.

James

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Very nice work Ivan. Hopefully this is the beginning of a great summer observing season for you.

I hope you and family are doing well.

James

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Arne,
Very nice solar coverage today! They look great. I especially love the CaK images.

Two thumbs up!!

James

DeepSolar64

You obviously live under a flyway!

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I would love a Coronado CaK PST!!

DeepSolar64

Nice DSLR solar work!

DeepSolar64

That is a nice iPhone picture! He should get an A. Most kids do not have access to an Ha telescope.

DeepSolar64

This was a great run of images!!

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MAURITS wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:21 pm Thanks for the report James.

Welcome!

DeepSolar64 · Re: April 17 2024. WLC through milky clouds. You are welcome Maurits

You are welcome Maurits

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You imaged this mighty complex very well Mr Wise! They look great!!

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JohnW wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:44 am Thank you James. Nice report.
Cheers, John W

Welcome!

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