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Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Hello all: this morning a one hour period of good seeing with the jetstream cooperating. I was inspired by recent postings of Alex H, that showed some amazing images including Calcium. I thought I would push the envelope a bit and try today the Evostar 150ED stopped down to 120mm, the CaH Quark, the PG174 and a 5x Powermate for the closeups. The full disk is a two image mosaic without any barlow but using the PG814 camera. This is the first time I have been able to use the 5x Powermate with some results.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Wow!!! absolutely fabulous Franco :bow :bow :bow

Just take care with the exposure on the plage dots :)
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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you very much Alexandra: yes, I will pay more attention to exposure next time.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Lovely calcium II images Franco.


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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These are super shots Franco!


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you very much, Maurits and Mark, much appreciated. As Alexandra said, I have to keep an eye on exposure.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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A super set, Franco. Very nice.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you Stu.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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You are an ace at this Calcium H stuff Franco! I hope you don’t mind me saving one for my records. Like any I would save I will credit you in the file name.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thats great Franco, its always good to try sth new.
The results are good too.


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Does the CaH Quark require the f30 focal ratio like the Ha Quark does?


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Beautiful images Franco. I will always remember how you were posting amazing Calcium shots around the time I was dithering whether to go down the Calcium route or not and you definitely influenced me to go with it. Now I've used it, I'll never look back.
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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you, Dennis, James and Nic, for your kind words. James: please have the image, I am very happy you want to keep it. Yes, Daystar recommends F/30 max for the CaH Quark: this time it was just over F/33 so I may adjust aperture next time to stay within F/30. Maybe that will improve things, this was the first try with this scope at this magnification with this filter. Nic: I am so glad you started Calcium. Your first results are wonderful and I am sure you will refine them to perfection.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Super crisp images Franco, thanks for sharing them with us.


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Franco,

F30+ and you still easily get a full disc. Are you doing mosaics?

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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ffellah wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:25 pm Daystar recommends F/30 max for the CaH Quark: this time it was just over F/33 so I may adjust aperture next time to stay within F/30.
Don't worry about going over f30 franco, the longer the focal length the more contrast there will be.


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Excellent set of CaH images, Franco!


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you Martin, Eric and Petrus for your comments. James: the full disk was done at the native F/8 focal length without a Barlow. With the PG 174 camera about 80% of the disk fits in, so you need a second image to complete the disk. I have to correct for the record: I seemed to remember that the Evostar 150 had a focal length of 800mm while in fact it is 1200mm. The closeups were then taken at F/50, not F/33+.

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thanks Franco, so the CaH Quark can be used under f30 like the Lunt modules can.

That EvoStar 150 is a nice scope!

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Very impressive session, Franco!
What are exposure and fps you had at f/50?

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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Hi Leo: thank you. Here is the information on one of the .ser files. I will respond to your PM separately.

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These turned out really nice!


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Re: Calcium views August 14, 2022

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Thank you Alan

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Your Ca full disks have always been great - looking fwd to seeing more closeups as well now.


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Thank you Vin ! I will try my best.

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Beautiful CaH images, Franco! Great work!

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