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Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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An unexpectedly sunny Sunday morning after a really wet and windy Saturday. I thought I'd give the RCT a trial....

Basler acA1920-155um (IMX174)
Full size Aries tri-band ERF
SS Lunt 35 etalon
2.5x Barlow with red filter (Ha 7nm FWHM)

I found the red filter significantly beneficially boosted the contrast (albeit with a loss of image brightness). Much better with, but I guess it depends on the seeing conditions and the ability to freeze the action.

A little activity in the chromosphere:

Image20190609_250RCT_Ha1 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20190609_250RCT_Ha2 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

These are the best of a dozen SER files.

Thanks for looking.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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These are excellent Stu! I couldn't come anywhere close to this detail with the HaT today, the seeing was shot for me.


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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Great shot from the RCT Stuart :bow

Could you post a pic of how you mounted the etalon on the scope? I'm sure you posted it before but want to refresh my memory.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Stu:
Nice trial shots, looks like with big scopes one has to learn a lot.
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Excellent image Stu.


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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Well done :hamster: some nice detail in there Stuart :bow I am guessing the seeing will never be that good after a big storm front but at least you managed to view the Sun which was a better than me. By the time the Sun is over my trees in the morning it was already clouding up.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Two beautiful images, Stu.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Excellent results Stu, well done


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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Excellent Stu

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Many thanks everyone. I really appreciate your comments.
As I say, adding the red filter really made a huge difference, bringing up the contrast and making details really 'pop' . I'm wondering about adding a (dare I say it), Quark in place of the plain red filter.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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MapleRidge wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:48 am Great shot from the RCT Stuart :bow

Could you post a pic of how you mounted the etalon on the scope? I'm sure you posted it before but want to refresh my memory.

Thanks,
Brian
Cheers, Brian

Here's the Lunt 35 mount
Lunt35 adapter (3).jpg
Lunt35 adapter (3).jpg (792.01 KiB) Viewed 3435 times
and here it is in place in the back of the RCT (actually an earlier version, but it gives you the idea of how it fits)
36682467644_5dc5e6d68f_z.jpg
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Hope this helps.

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Excellent!!!!


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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Thanks, Pepe.

Colour version:

Image20190609_250RCT_Ha_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Hi Stu...

I remember the configuration now that you posted it. I forgot how how long the completed assembly was, but it does produce excellent images.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Incredible images, amazing details, congrats!

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Very nice results, Stu!

BTW Can you send me the best raw stacked image? I guess it can be more deep processed with hope for more details seen.


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Excelllent result Stu.


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Many thanks, guys.
Much appreciated.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Valery wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:54 pm Very nice results, Stu!

BTW Can you send me the best raw stacked image? I guess it can be more deep processed with hope for more details seen.


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I'll send an image via your private email account. I really appreciate the offer. It will be interesting to see what you can do.

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Carbon60 wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:48 pm
Valery wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:54 pm Very nice results, Stu!

BTW Can you send me the best raw stacked image? I guess it can be more deep processed with hope for more details seen.


Valery
Thanks, Valery.
I'll send an image via your private email account. I really appreciate the offer. It will be interesting to see what you can do.

Cheers

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Please do a detailed share of the processing routine you do please Valery! :)


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Hi Mark,

I think we’re all intrigued.

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Valery wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:54 pm Very nice results, Stu!

BTW Can you send me the best raw stacked image? I guess it can be more deep processed with hope for more details seen.


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Image sent. Please confirm receipt. I’ve assumed the address I have for you is current.

Cheers

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Carbon60 wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:28 am
Valery wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:54 pm Very nice results, Stu!

BTW Can you send me the best raw stacked image? I guess it can be more deep processed with hope for more details seen.


Valery
Hi Valery,

Image sent. Please confirm receipt. I’ve assumed the address I have for you is current.

Cheers

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Hi Stu,

Please, check your post box. The processed image sent back.


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Looks great, Valery.

ImageRC250-H-a by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Thank you.

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Hi Valery, Stu. Valery: would you mind sharing what software and settings you used to process/sharpen Stu's image ?

Thank you,

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Re: Sunday Sun 9th June-Ha 250mm RCT

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Quite an improvement Stu :)

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