Sun in Whitelight 8th June 2023

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Sun in Whitelight 8th June 2023

Post by steveward53 »

Appalling seeing today , really had to hit and hope as I couldn't judge focus it was so watery ... caught enough to get something though ... :)


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Still some incredible detail there Steve, I can see the faculae detail well :)
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Good results despite the challenges!

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Yep. I often have seeing issues too. :-(


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DeepSolar64 wrote: Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:51 pm Yep. I often have seeing issues too. :-(
I just keep shooting and eventually find a few decent frames amongst the awful ones ... ;)


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I do that sometimes. I either take a number of individual snapshots hoping for a good one or do a vid and then go through the individual frames and select the sharpest ones.


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Good shot here Steve!


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Re: Sun in Whitelight 8th June 2023

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Good one, Steve. Poor seeing seems to be a common theme here in the UK currently.

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