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conditions were below average but good enough to see the show
apo66 quark Mg B2
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PST Ha
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caH wideband omega apo66
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C5 Hed3 wide band -- clouds started to come in this one
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caK omega apo 66
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Cool, well done.


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Great shots across all filters wavelengths...well done

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Congrats!


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First time I have seen a transit photographed in CaK. Awesome!!


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Very nice transit images.


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Well done, I think you win the prize for imaging Mercury in the most wavelengths :hamster: :bow

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Superb range of images there John, tell us more about the He image please...


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Hed3 filter made by Andover optical Mass
its in 10A - 20A bandwidth range
so not same as true narrow band or what i can get
thru spectroheliograph

but still can capture good surface details on sun
when weather conditions allow

its used in conjunction with baadar n3.5 filter


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John:
Nice set of images from the transit.
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here is a fun one
60mm unitron ND5 filter S8 phone
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not so bad for this hand held method
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Good images across the spectrum, John.

Nice job.

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