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AR12738 - CaH

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This spot is becoming popular :lol: notwithstanding the recent predictions for a deep and long solar minimum I very much hope to see other spots like this one. Today I succeeded to take one image with my 100ED, again between clouds with some apertures lasting enough to allow some work. Thanks for looking.
2019-04-13-1359-RB-CaH-AR12738b.jpg
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Superb shot Raf :bow

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That's an excellent closeup Raf!


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Beautiful image, Raf !

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Thanks to all!


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It's nice to see you getting sme good results with this scope, I know bob yoesle gets good images too in the blue end. It's one that's on my potential radar.


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Very nice close view in CaH, Raf.

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Hello Raf,
The image is quite good. It seems to me that there is a shift in the center wave length ? Or maybe an artefact due to the passing clouds ?


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Thanks, Christian. Yes, I am experimenting with different tunings as this is a useful feature of the Quark, for this image I set the knob at 0 while the best position would be at -5.


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Nice one Raf! What exposure time are you using with this set up?


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Top rate, very nice captures Raf.


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Raf:
Beautiful clean CaK image.
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Thanks to all of you.
bart1805 wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:26 pmNice one Raf! What exposure time are you using with this set up?
I imaged at 30 fps (33ms per frame), 150 frames stacked.
marktownley wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 3:21 pmIt's one that's on my potential radar.
it's a good scope indeed, not only for solar. However I think that for calcium imaging a long focus achromat would be even better. I am trying a Tecnosky 102mm f/11, curious to see if can beat the ED.


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Let me know how you get on 👍


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33ms, that is surprisingly long. I did not think it was possible to get sharp images with such a long exposure time. Have to try that myself.


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Yes, at max image size it's quite long, usually I try to keep it within 20ms. However the camera works so fine (low noise, no NR, insensitive to dust) that I reluctant to change it. May be next year I will consider to purchase a Basler.


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Wow!!!! :bow :hamster:

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very very nice


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