September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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Today I imaged between 14:30 and 15:00 UTC. The skies are mostly clear and the temperature is 67F ( 19.4C ). The seeing is well below average to poor. I used the SMII90 in both SS and DS for Ha with the Point Grey Grasshopper camera with ASTRO IIDC running on the MacBook Pro. Additional editing/processing was done in GIMP and Paint.net. The 540nm images were done using the Celestron 102 with the Baader filter screwed into the nosepiece of the camera.

Here's what I got. Definitely not my best.

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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

Post by Montana »

Great images James, the WL is spot on :bow :hamster: on the 3rd image down, what you have on the very bottom right hand side of the image is what you need to get in the middle so that the whole solar disc is on band. Can you move the etalon tuning so that the on-band area is more towards the camera chip area?

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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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Alexandra,
I fiddled like crazy trying to get the disc all on band. I never quite succeeded. It's more important when imaging to do this Vs visual since you can move the scope around and see all that is there through the on band section. With imaging it has to be right and tuning has to be full disc to look right. With single stacking I have it much easier. I always struggle with doublestack tuning while imaging. I bet those Lunt pressure tuned scopes are easier!!

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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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Nice set of images. I really like the prom and WL


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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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torsinadoc wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:26 pm Nice set of images. I really like the prom and WL
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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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You're getting good at this imaging James!


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Thanks Mark. I try...


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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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Good results James!

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Thanks Arne!


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Re: September 15 2022 Imaging Session.

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Nicely done James


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Thanks Bill!


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James: it is great to see you imaging more often with your new gear. Very good results and getting better all the time !

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ffellah wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:07 pm James: it is great to see you imaging more often with your new gear. Very good results and getting better all the time !

Franco

I just finished processing today's images. I'll post some of them shortly. Thanks Franco.


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