Solar on Oct. 2nd. Test new Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) cam

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Solar on Oct. 2nd. Test new Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) cam

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Two sunspotgroup on the Sun. Very beautiful. Whitel light images are taken with ES127CF APO
A big prominence on the edge.This is taken with 80mm Ha solar scope.
All thoes images was used with new Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) mono camera ( made by Player One Astronomy)
White light (full disk): Exp=0.42ms, Gain=0.
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Sun20211002-0.jpg (301.66 KiB) Viewed 494 times
White light with 5X barlow: Exp=2ms, Gain=151.
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Only Prominence : Exp=35ms, Gain=148.
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Prominence and surface : Exp=5ms, Gain=148.
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Sun20211002-4.jpg (373.6 KiB) Viewed 494 times
Record 2000 frames, 30% stacked.
Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) mono camera has 100Ke full well, even on gain=148, still has 18.7Ke full well. this gives better exposure latitude in real imaging.
All gear used:
Telescope: ES127CF APO and 80mm Ha solar scope + TV5X
Mount: SW AZEQ6 GT
Camera: Apollo-M MAX (IMX432)
Softwares: Autostakkert!3, AstraImage 5, Photoshop CC.


Telescope: ES127CF APO F7.5, LXY80APO F6
Mount: SW AZEQ6, iOption GEM45.
Camera: Player One Apollo-M MAX(IMX432), Apollo-M(IMX174), Apollo-M MINI(IMX429)
Accessories: Daystar Quark Chromosphere, Herschel prism, TV5X, TV2.5X
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Re: Solar on Oct. 2nd. Test new Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) cam

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Welcome, and great first post!


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Re: Solar on Oct. 2nd. Test new Apollo-M MAX (IMX432) cam

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A very warm and sunny welcome :hamster: :hamster: :hamster:
What an opening set of images, these are absolutely beautiful :bow :hamster:

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Excellent images\, and welcome to the group !!!

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