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Today's SUN (20220424) | VERY GOOD seeing

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Today's SUN (20220424) | VERY GOOD seeing

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Solar imaging session (20220424) | Pedro RE'
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SUN (20220424) WL. LUNT152 F/6, X4 Powermate, ASI ZWO 174MM

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SUN (20220424) WL. LUNT152 F/6, X4 Powermate, ASI ZWO 174MM

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Zeiss Abbe' Barlow (@X3), PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Zeiss Abbe' Barlow (@X3), PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) WL. LUNT152 F/6, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) WL. LUNT152 F/6, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) WL & H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) WL & H-alpha. LUNT152 F/6, B3400, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha (08:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, DS SM90II/SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) H-alpha (08:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20220424) WL, CaK & H-alpha (08:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M


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Re: Today's SUN (20220424) | VERY GOOD seeing

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Lots of beautiful images Pedro.


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Thanks Maurits


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Gorgeous images, Pedro!

It's always fun when the seeing plays along!

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Thanks Arne

I had very good seeing this morning


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Ode to a professional. :bow

I can never quite clearly get the granulation like this. I think it's not only the seeing but the non tracking altazimuth mount I use for both visual and imaging. AviStack often has trouble precisely lining up the images and I can only do very short 300 frame clips. My often substandard seeing naturally doesn't help either.

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A very impressive set of images form today Pedro...well captured and processed :bow

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Thanks James & Brian

James: The seeing controls everything. A good equatorial mount with good tracking also help.

You should use autostackert for aligning and stacking.

Final processing with IMPPG and photoshop

I haverá few tutorials that cá help


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Excellent results, Pedro! Really nice!

have you ever considered two ways to go further?

1. To add a PST etalon to your Quark setup ?
2. To go with larger aperture. Your location has good seeing frequently enough.


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Gorgeous. I really like the side-by-side presentation of the WL & HA photos of the same target. Shows the different things happening simultaneously at the photosphere & chromosphere? (If I'm using the terminology correctly - am going through the AMAZING "Solar Astronomy" book by Christian & others - what a resource!)


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Yes. Photosphere and Chromosphere:-)


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A beautiful set at the three lights, Pedro.

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Thanks again guys

Valery: I have a few OTAs that I plan to use for solar imaging:

STF 180mm F/10
APM 180mm F/5 Achromatic

I also have a few PST stage 2 mods but the etalons are not that great (I have 3)

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Great images Pedro.


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Pedro:
Super session and setups.
Thanks for sharing.
Fuerte abrazo.
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Gracias Eric

Fuerte abrazo


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Excellent images Pedro!


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pedro wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:46 am Thanks James & Brian

James: The seeing controls everything. A good equatorial mount with good tracking also help.

You should use autostackert for aligning and stacking.

Final processing with IMPPG and photoshop

I haverá few tutorials that cá help


I need to check out AutoStackert and IMPPG. And your tutorials. Thanks Pedro. It seems IMPPG is used by a lot of people here.

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Really nice results, Pedro. It's always a pleasure to see your images and setups.

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Thanks a lot Stu, greatly aprreciated

James. IMPPG is a must for HR images

My workflow is: Firecapture - for videos, Autostakkert for aligning and stacking, Registax or IMPPG for post-processing and Photoshop - final touches

Check out the tutorials - viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33604 - http://pedroreastrophotography.com/imag ... ssing.html


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Excellent!


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Superb images Pedro :bow


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Wow. Really impressive. George


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pedro wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:52 am Thanks a lot Stu, greatly aprreciated

James. IMPPG is a must for HR images

My workflow is: Firecapture - for videos, Autostakkert for aligning and stacking, Registax or IMPPG for post-processing and Photoshop - final touches

Check out the tutorials - viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33604 - http://pedroreastrophotography.com/imag ... ssing.html
I'll download Firecapture. Autostakkert and IMPPG. I can't run current PhotoShop editions on this older Windows 7 machine so I use GIMP and Paint.net instead.

Thanks Pedro.

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Wonderful to see all the super images coming from the Lisbon Sunshine :bow :hamster:

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