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Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:36 am
by Astrophil
I hadn't warmed up the Quark since May. Saturday the Quark Combo and the little Questar 3.5 were used to image the nice group of proms. Not many Ha images taken with a Questar are seen here so I thought this might be of some interest. An adequate image none the less.
Questar, 2.5x Powermate, Quark Combo, PGR GX-FW-28S5M camera

Phil


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Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:28 am
by marktownley
That is an excellent image there Phil! Assuming you used a DERF up front?

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:19 am
by ffellah
Nice and sharp, Phil

Franco

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:48 pm
by Astrophil
Thanks Franco and Mark. Yes, I use a Baader DERF up front and a circular polarizer on the Quark to cut some internal reflections. This Quark can produce a bright glow next to the limb on one side of the Sun and requires the Quark to be rotated in order to minimize the problem when imaging proms. Full disks are more difficult with this setup. Luck of the draw I guess.

Phil

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:50 pm
by MAURITS
Excellent Phil.

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:22 pm
by Starry Jack
Interesting use of the polarizer. Great image.

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:35 pm
by pedro
Excellent Image Phil.

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 3:35 pm
by eroel
Phil, a beautiful HR image.
Best regards,
Eric.

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 5:15 pm
by MalVeauX
Lovely proms Phil!

Very best,

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:45 am
by Astrophil
Thanks guys, always appreciate the nice comments.

Phil

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:48 am
by DeepSolar64
WoW, the little Questar does really well with the Quark! Awesome!!

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:11 am
by Carbon60
Very nice prom images, Phil.

Stu.

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:20 am
by MapleRidge
Really love the details in this image Phil :bow

Great capture and processing,
Brian

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:37 am
by Astrophil
Thanks James, Stu, and Brian for the kind words. Sometimes the little Questar does good, contrary to what many folks say. It's a good choice when the disk is so blank and a lot easier than lugging out the bigger scope.

Phil

Re: Prom group Sept. 7th Quark/Questar

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:36 am
by Montana
Superb detail in the proms and lovely processing too :bow

Alexandra