Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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http://re.apaaweb.com/sun_h_alpha_2019-01.html

FIRST LIGHT APM180 F/6 (HR WL X2 Barlow). The seeing was not great and only the X2 Barlow was used. The EM400 caries the APM180 perfectly


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HR WL X2 Barlow Pedro RE' (20190106)
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Solar imaging session (20190106) | Pedro RE'
TV101 (WL, Ca-K, H-alpha)
APM180 F/6 (First Light)
GS3-U3-28S4M-C
Takahashi EM-400
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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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SUN (20190106) HR WL. AMP180 F/6, 2" Baader Ceralic Solarwedge, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20190106) H-alpha DISK & PROMS (11:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20190106) H-alpha DISK & PROMS (11:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20190106) CaK PROMS (11:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20190106) WL, CaK & H-alpha (11:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M


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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Beautiful scope and very impressive first light images!

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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Thanks Phil

The APM180 looks good and performs well


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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Pedro:
A nice session as usual, looking for more results with the big cannon.
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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Great to see the new scope performs so nicely in WL, and all images are as beautiful as ever :bow

It is always a treat to see the results of your sessions.

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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Excellent Pedro! Kinda reminds me of the images you get with the TEC and a 3x. How did you find the canon? what are your first impressions?


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Thanks again guys

I found it in France (near Paris) in a Belgium site (second hand astromarket). It was relatively cheap, new Markus Ludes was asking 4000 US$ about 10 years ago. I payed much less (25% of the price)

The seeing today was fair to bad


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That is a bargain at that price! With excellent seeing and a 5x powermate it should give some interesting results!


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Thanks Mark

I will give it a go with better seeing. The sun is very low even for us. It will be better in a couple of months


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Excellent results, Pedro. That is one magnificent granulation image. By the book.

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Wow!! I love the granulation :hamster: :bow

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Re: Today's SUN (20190106) | APM180 F/6 First Light

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Thanks Franco & Alexandra

The APM is very promising, good resolution and easy to handle


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