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AR2738 from Westport today

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Hi all: the morning was lousy here but the sun appeared in the afternoon and I run out imaging. White light was with the 6" refractor and Quark Sodium line, Ha with the HaT and 0.7 focal reducer. Not sure this is my best data, but I wanted to process some images fast. The full disk WL is with a Canon point and shoot camera.

I am glad everybody is having lots of fun with this large, unexpected spot during solar minimum.

Clear skies to all.

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This is a really nice collection Franco! What camera are you using for the closeups?


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Thank you, Mark. In Ha I think it is really funny the large question mark to the left of the sunspot... :lol: I used the PG Flea 3 3.2 Mp for the Sodium and the ZWO ASI 174 MM for the Ha.

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Good looking images, Franco. I missed the question mark today. Glad you got it.

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Superb images today Franco :bow

The Quark Sodium produces an excellent image!!!

What chip is in your PGR camera?

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An excellent set of images, Franco. The sodium images are beauties. Lovely penumbra details.

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Thank you Phil, Brian and Stu for your nice comments. I hope to have another session with AR2738 before it goes over the limb.

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Excellent images collection Franco.


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Thank you, Maurits.

@Brian: the Flea 3 chip is the Sony CMOS IMX036 3.2 Mp.

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Well done Franco !


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What a beautiful question mark!
I like the sodium image. Is it difficult to process?


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Thank you very much Christian, Bart. This is actually my first image of a sunspot with the Sodium Quark. I would say it requires less processing than Ha. Not difficult. Shannon, a professional photographer at our observatory, further processed my image and here it is...

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Nice rework Franco! Very vibrant.


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Great captures Franco!

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Franco:
Superb shots.
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Thank you Mark, Marty and Eric. Greatly appreciated.

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Beautiful and well processed image, Franco. Have you already tried your Quark sodium with different tunings ? just to see if it makes any difference


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Thank you, Raf. I have not: maybe in the future, I am just struggling these days to find time for solar imaging.

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I do see the ? now, that is really funny :) these are wonderful quality Franco :bow

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Thank you very much, Alexandra.

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