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Close up images from 8 January 2023

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These are our close up images in 540nm and Ha for this morning.
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AR3183 and AR3177
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There has been interest in people's set ups so this is our set up for these close up Ha images.
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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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A wonderful session Clare & Peter.


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Thanks Maurits :)


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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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MAURITS wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:48 am A wonderful session Clare & Peter.
Really! These images are so good and detailed, that no need to try to make them "better" doing inversion.
I hope (and I wish) that the seeing will be friendly to Clare & Peter as it was yesterday.


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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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Wonderful shots and the details in the WL images is amazing!


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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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Valery wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:07 pm
MAURITS wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:48 am A wonderful session Clare & Peter.
Really! These images are so good and detailed, that no need to try to make them "better" doing inversion.
I hope (and I wish) that the seeing will be friendly to Clare & Peter as it was yesterday.


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rigel123 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:36 pm Wonderful shots and the details in the WL images is amazing!
Thanks Warren :)


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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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Clare & Peter...

Superb series of images :bow

Nice to see the equipment used too!

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Re: Close up images from 8 January 2023

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Wow!! such care in each image, beautiful quality :hamster: :bow
You have a lot of wires, what are all the wires for (other than camera and Quark)?

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Beautiful closeups and setup!

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Wonderfully done Clare & Peter!!! I love the setup too. What scope is this?


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MapleRidge wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:57 pm Clare & Peter...

Superb series of images :bow

Nice to see the equipment used too!

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Montana wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:51 pm Wow!! such care in each image, beautiful quality :hamster: :bow
You have a lot of wires, what are all the wires for (other than camera and Quark)?

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arnedanielsen wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:12 pm Beautiful closeups and setup!

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DeepSolar64 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:41 pm Wonderfully done Clare & Peter!!! I love the setup too. What scope is this?
Thanks James!
The scope is sold in Australia as a Kson A102G.
It is an achromatic air spaced doublet 102mm refractor. The glass is nothing special, pretty much a Chinese version of BK7.
As we are only asking the scope to focus on a single wavelength, CA is not an issue.
Being a fairly basic scope it was a good price. The build is of good quality. The focuser, although only a rack and pinion, is robust and carries the weight of the accessories quite well.


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Very nice pictures of our star, and nice to see the setup too.


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Averton wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:30 am
DeepSolar64 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:41 pm Wonderfully done Clare & Peter!!! I love the setup too. What scope is this?
Thanks James!
The scope is sold in Australia as a Kson A102G.
It is an achromatic air spaced doublet 102mm refractor. The glass is nothing special, pretty much a Chinese version of BK7.
As we are only asking the scope to focus on a single wavelength, CA is not an issue.
Being a fairly basic scope it was a good price. The build is of good quality. The focuser, although only a rack and pinion, is robust and carries the weight of the accessories quite well.

I have a Celestron 102 achromat. F9.8. It does very well with a wedge and 540nm filter. It’s probably very similar to yours.


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marktownley wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:53 pm Very nice pictures of our star, and nice to see the setup too.
Thank you Mark :)


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DeepSolar64 wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:09 pm
Averton wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:30 am
DeepSolar64 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:41 pm Wonderfully done Clare & Peter!!! I love the setup too. What scope is this?
Thanks James!
The scope is sold in Australia as a Kson A102G.
It is an achromatic air spaced doublet 102mm refractor. The glass is nothing special, pretty much a Chinese version of BK7.
As we are only asking the scope to focus on a single wavelength, CA is not an issue.
Being a fairly basic scope it was a good price. The build is of good quality. The focuser, although only a rack and pinion, is robust and carries the weight of the accessories quite well.

I have a Celestron 102 achromat. F9.8. It does very well with a wedge and 540nm filter. It’s probably very similar to yours.
Yes, they sound very similar except we didn't add that the Kson is a little faster at F7.


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Averton wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:16 am
DeepSolar64 wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:09 pm
Averton wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:30 am

Thanks James!
The scope is sold in Australia as a Kson A102G.
It is an achromatic air spaced doublet 102mm refractor. The glass is nothing special, pretty much a Chinese version of BK7.
As we are only asking the scope to focus on a single wavelength, CA is not an issue.
Being a fairly basic scope it was a good price. The build is of good quality. The focuser, although only a rack and pinion, is robust and carries the weight of the accessories quite well.

I have a Celestron 102 achromat. F9.8. It does very well with a wedge and 540nm filter. It’s probably very similar to yours.
Yes, they sound very similar except we didn't add that the Kson is a little faster at F7.

I like the white tube of yours better. Black like mine is can be too susceptible to daytime heating! Mine being a longer F-ratio probably has a lower amount of CA but since we usually use narrowband filters that isn't an issue as you have previously stated.


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A beautiful set of images. Lots of lovely details in these. Nice to see your setup too.

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A superb set, Clare and Peter ! I don’t know the K102 scope… can you please describe a bit ? All images are great, love the prominence at the end.

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Carbon60 wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:51 am A beautiful set of images. Lots of lovely details in these. Nice to see your setup too.

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ffellah wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:54 am A superb set, Clare and Peter ! I don’t know the K102 scope… can you please describe a bit ? All images are great, love the prominence at the end.

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The scope is sold in Australia as a Kson A102G.
It is an achromatic air spaced doublet 102mm F7 refractor. The glass is nothing special, pretty much a Chinese version of BK7.
As we are only asking the scope to focus on a single wavelength, CA is not an issue.
Being a fairly basic scope it was a good price. The build is of good quality. The focuser, although only a rack and pinion, is robust and carries the weight of the accessories quite well.


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Clare & Peter:
Beautiful clean and crisp images all of them and a nice setup.
Thanks for sharing them.
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Grand set of images thank you for sharing

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eroel wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:37 pm Clare & Peter:
Beautiful clean and crisp images all of them and a nice setup.
Thanks for sharing them.
Best regards.
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Ripper presentation Clare & Peter. All wonderful but that prom is stunning! Great to see your setup as well. Bravo.


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Bill_C wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:09 pm Grand set of images thank you for sharing

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Peterm wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:43 am Ripper presentation Clare & Peter. All wonderful but that prom is stunning! Great to see your setup as well. Bravo.
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