Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
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Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Hi,
New to this and solar photography. This is the first picture I have processed. ASI120MC-S AS!3 then minimal wavelet. I know this is not the quality of many images here but thought people might want to see some images from this very very entry level product.
New to this and solar photography. This is the first picture I have processed. ASI120MC-S AS!3 then minimal wavelet. I know this is not the quality of many images here but thought people might want to see some images from this very very entry level product.
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Hiya, welcome to the forum! Tiff files won't show as an attachment, they need to be jpeg / png
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Yup! That works!
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Lovely image!
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Did you do any post processing or was this a single image grab?
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
It was the best 20% of 3,000 images. PIPP then I ran it thru AS!3 then did the wavelet on Registax until it looked as good as I thought I could get. But that is all.
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
So I took the liberty of downloading your image and doing a super fast process on it. I like SOME of what I did but I just noticed I lost the PROMs you had on the rim...so...keeping that in mind and keeping in mind that I was FAST and FURIOUS and kinda over-processed it I did some some things I liked during the experiment. Keep in mind I am LEARNING but...
1) use GIMP (free processing tool)
2) Use LEVELS tool for contrast
3) Use SHADOWs-HIGHLIGHTS (bring the Shadows in to the RIGHT and the Highlights to the LEFT) to bring out contrast
4) Use the CURVES tool for yet another contrast technique
5) Use the HIGH BANDPASS SHARPEN Tool for some sharpening
6) Make a duplicate layer for each of the above experiments and set that layer to SOFT LIGHT at 80% then MERGE DOWNWARD
Your mileage may vary.
No animals were harmed in the making of this film.
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1) use GIMP (free processing tool)
2) Use LEVELS tool for contrast
3) Use SHADOWs-HIGHLIGHTS (bring the Shadows in to the RIGHT and the Highlights to the LEFT) to bring out contrast
4) Use the CURVES tool for yet another contrast technique
5) Use the HIGH BANDPASS SHARPEN Tool for some sharpening
6) Make a duplicate layer for each of the above experiments and set that layer to SOFT LIGHT at 80% then MERGE DOWNWARD
Your mileage may vary.
No animals were harmed in the making of this film.
My advice is worth pennies on the dollar, but hey...I had some fun.
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Hello and a sunny warm welcome that is a very nice image
I wouldn't recommend using Registax wavelets for solar. Place your ASK3 stacked image in ImPPG and do your sharpening in that
Alexandra
I wouldn't recommend using Registax wavelets for solar. Place your ASK3 stacked image in ImPPG and do your sharpening in that
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Welcome to this Forum. Excellent first image.
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
So I got a reducing lens and tried that to get a whole image and it did work (not a great pic but a whole image).
Visually so far anything other than a 32 mm plossl loses detail. With a 5mm exit pupil you have to work a little to keep it in view but there is a learning curve.
The tuning does seem to do something but given the size and detail at that magnification the difference is subtle.
You can see some surface detail and prominences but they are like fuzz on a peach because the image is small
Visually so far anything other than a 32 mm plossl loses detail. With a 5mm exit pupil you have to work a little to keep it in view but there is a learning curve.
The tuning does seem to do something but given the size and detail at that magnification the difference is subtle.
You can see some surface detail and prominences but they are like fuzz on a peach because the image is small
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
My experience with solar is binoviewers gives your brain far more detail.atlguy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:33 pm So I got a reducing lens and tried that to get a whole image and it did work (not a great pic but a whole image).
Visually so far anything other than a 32 mm plossl loses detail. With a 5mm exit pupil you have to work a little to keep it in view but there is a learning curve.
The tuning does seem to do something but given the size and detail at that magnification the difference is subtle.
You can see some surface detail and prominences but they are like fuzz on a peach because the image is small
Your photos don't show prominence, did you try dialing the knob to see them?
I was thinking of getting one, what's your experience after half a year of use?
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
WoW. The 60mm Solar Scout looks like it does pretty good to me. Very nice first image.
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Re: Daystar 60mm Solar Scout Picture
Nice capture Rsfoto .The sky here is terrible today so I took the liberty of using my GIMP presets that I use on my own images to reprocess your image , hope you don't mind.
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Welcome to the forum, nice image!
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