New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
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New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Last week I upgraded to a 120mm f8.3 refactor to use with my Combo Quark and TZ4. The weather gremlins were out in full force, so I spent my time perfecting my semi remote setup .After 6 days of waiting I finally got to use my new rig.
Here are some pictures of the new setup and some captures from today, plus a short 40 minute animation, I took of a solar flare that just happened to erupt at the worst time of the day when the atmosphere is the most turbulent,
2 by Martin Symonds, on Flickr
Here are some pictures of the new setup and some captures from today, plus a short 40 minute animation, I took of a solar flare that just happened to erupt at the worst time of the day when the atmosphere is the most turbulent,
2 by Martin Symonds, on Flickr
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Wow, great shots Martin and awesome animation! Looks like you have a successful first light with your setup. Did you use ImPPG to try and align your animation frames? I’m thinking that should give you a bit more stability for the frames.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Hi Warren, I tried ImPPG but could not get the frames aligned, I don't think there were enough reference points to align with.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
The details in that eruption are just wonderful.
Warren
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Cool setup and images Martin, I like that stabilisation bar.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Thanks Mark
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Really nice images, Martin and excellent animation.
Looks like a winning setup.
Stu.
Looks like a winning setup.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Thanks Stu, enjoy your bank holiday.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Great new setup Martin, a bit similar to mine but definitely more sophisticated in terms of control. Great first light, that 120ED is known to be a great scope.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Nice scope and nice images!!
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Martin, that's a nice setup, and the images look great.
Success!
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Success!
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Great setup. Great first light. Nice pictures. Fantastic work.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Nice animation Martin! Nice to see your setup.
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Very nice setup and images Martin!
Lots of activity in the animation... it's a pity ImPPG wasn't able to stabilize it better.
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Lots of activity in the animation... it's a pity ImPPG wasn't able to stabilize it better.
Best regards,
Arne
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Re: New Solar Setup first light 19-09-2022
Arne, thanks for your comment.arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:24 pm Very nice setup and images Martin!
Lots of activity in the animation... it's a pity ImPPG wasn't able to stabilize it better.
Best regards,
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Warren (Rigel123) manually aligned it for me ,here is the updated version.
Flare by Martin Symonds, on Flickr
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