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July 7th Images

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Good day everyone...

It has taken most of the week to process the image sets captured last Sunday...maybe a week of 'spring rush' left at work...dragged well over a month late compared to most years with the clod, wet spring. Last Sunday was a beautiful clear day, though the seeing wasn't great it was better than I expected. With the prospect of seeing the new AR associated with the new solar cycle I ducked out to the observatory after breakfast and spent the morning viewing and imaging.

The first set of images are full disks. The Ha was taken through the LS80T/LS75FHa/B1200Ha solar scope and the PGR camera (ICX674 chip). This is a composite image with a longer limb exposure to pull up the fainter proms (limb inverted):
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The next full disk images are through the iStar 150mm/f8 OTA using a Lunt Solar Wedge/Baader Continuum filter for the WL images and a modified Lunt Solar Wedge/B1800CaK module/Baader K-Line filter set. Both used an ASI1600MM camera.
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While the iStar was on the Sun I imaged the developing AR in WL and CaK with a 3x tele-converter and the ASI174MM camera:
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I switched over to the modded CR-150/DSII/B1800Ha and the 3x tele-converter/ASI174MM to see fruits of the Ha spectrum. Initial images did not show a lot of detail, so I swapped the B1800Ha blocker for the Quark Combo to DS the scope, and this made a significant improvement in the ability to see the details. I made a few mosaics of the regions of interest, specifically the developing AR, filaments approaching the western limb, and a small spot of activity on the SW quadrant. The DS setup requires long exposures and I ran the camera in binned mode for these images:
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Quite a nice session with the new cycle showing signs of life :o

Now, I think I have some unprocessed prom images...I better see what happened to them!

Questions and comments are always welcome,
Brian
Last edited by MapleRidge on Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:08 am, edited 1 time in total.


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These are super images Brian! A very productive session.


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Thanks Mark :bow

It was a good session indeed, and offered up multiple targets to image too!!!

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A very nice session, Brian. Glad you caught the Cycle 25 beginnings.

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Thanks Franco, always appreciate the feedback :bow

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Nice images, Brian, I liked H-alpha in particular. WL and CaK appear quite dark on my screen, they could be improved by using of curves tool or a high pass filter. I tried to do so but some artifacts emerged at the top limb of the full disc. At full resolution CaK is impressive, very well resolved.


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A fine set of images, Brian.

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That is a super solar harvest Brian, you got some lovely close ups of the new cycle spot and some delicate little pores in the WL shot, well done!
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Thanks for all of the comments everyone...always very much appreciated :bow

Raf, I was tempted to adjust the brightness before posting but thought it look like these two specific images would look ok...should have spent more time after all. I had a lot of trouble getting the large CaK/WL images to stack without the artifact, and after locking up the computer on several attempts to redo them in several programs I just used the only attempt that worked.

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Just saw your images, Brian. Those are really nice.

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Thanks for your feedback Phil...always appreciated :bow

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Good set Brian hope the years been kind to you and the family.
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Excellent Brian, a lot of very fine details.


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Derek and Maurits...

Thanks for your comments, always appreciated :bow

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Cambray, ON Canada

Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
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Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
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