May 9 2021 - Extreme Close up and HA shot

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May 9 2021 - Extreme Close up and HA shot

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So seeing was fluttering from good to excellent so i decided to try my luck and go extreme. The white light images are shot using an Esprit 150 with a 2x and a 5x powermate. I am at the edge of maxing out the scopes useful magnification as focus was virtually impossible. Suddenly, a clear moment happened and I got what is probably the closest image of convection cells i have ever managed!
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The Sunspot wasnt as good but when they are near the limb, they never are. Fingers crossed in about 3 days when I have a excellent seeing forecast, I will try again!
Extreme Spot 2.jpg
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This is a quick look at AR12822
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I have tons and tons of data to go through still!


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Superb images Simon and definitely the best to date of the current action over the last two days.

That porridge-image shows such detail, as does the AR2822 captures as well.

Just shows what a little bit of decent seeing can do, as well as your available set-up's...

Thanks for sharing
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I still have to go thru 400gb of data to find the clearest shots. I was so excited to see the convection cells that everything because secondary!

EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 5:36 pm Superb images Simon and definitely the best to date of the current action over the last two days.

That porridge-image shows such detail, as does the AR2822 captures as well.

Just shows what a little bit of decent seeing can do, as well as your available set-up's...

Thanks for sharing
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Wow!! absolutely cracking!! I am a real WL granulation fan :hamster: :bow

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Follow up images of not so extreme magnification!!!
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Beautiful!!! :bow I prefer the positive images though :)

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Oddly enough, so do I. The reason why I invert white light is to get a better look at the spots themselves. The convection cells when inverted always look super weird.
Montana wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 6:12 pm Beautiful!!! :bow I prefer the positive images though :)

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Absolutely beautiful images.


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Stunning captures, thanks for sharing.


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Simon2940 wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 5:26 pm So seeing was fluttering from good to excellent so i decided to try my luck and go extreme. The white light images are shot using an Esprit 150 with a 2x and a 5x powermate. I am at the edge of maxing out the scopes useful magnification as focus was virtually impossible. Suddenly, a clear moment happened and I got what is probably the closest image of convection cells i have ever managed!

convection cell.jpg

The Sunspot wasnt as good but when they are near the limb, they never are. Fingers crossed in about 3 days when I have a excellent seeing forecast, I will try again!

Extreme Spot 2.jpg

This is a quick look at AR12822

HA Spot.jpg

I have tons and tons of data to go through still!
Brilliant work SImon!!!
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I would be really keen to maybe follow up on the sun spot, over the next 14 days and image every day, or twice a day, to see how that evolves with time. The weather/seeing conditions may not allow that though.
I think its time for you to buy another hard drive/SSD drive ??

Good luck !

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Beautiful results Simon ! If I may ask, where are you located ?

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Los Angeles, Ca - 30 miles north of it to be exact in a place called Santa Clarita.
ffellah wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 8:18 pm Beautiful results Simon ! If I may ask, where are you located ?

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Excellent images, Simon. Lots of great detail in these.

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WoW!!, absolutely stunning. All are awesome but the first one with the Esprit 150 is incredible. It looks like a pro image. I dream of imaging the granulation in such detail or actually seeing it! I would have guessed an 8" or bigger scope for this. Five thumbs up from me!


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These really are excellent Simon!


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