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January 15th Session

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Good day everyone...

High pressure continued to make our weather on the weekend and the cold and clear conditions were present for my solar session on Sunday morning. I was out a bit earlier and the temps stayer off around -15C but crept up to the -6C range when I shut down for lunch. The seeing was surprisingly good despite the cold which made imaging more productive.
Jan 15 Session Temps.jpg
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The sun had 10AR's to work on, which is really too much...I have a job on the side to keep up with over and above the image processing demands :lol: It is great to have so much detail, considering a few short years ago the daily counts were zero ;) The first images are a set of FD images through the DS LS80T for the Ha and the Orion EON 130 for the WL and CaK, all captured with the ASI1600MM camera:
OR130_WL_105803-FD.jpg
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OR130_CaK_114928-FD.jpg
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The seeing was good enough to allow me to run the ASI290MM with a 2x barlow ahead of the ASI290MM to image the AR's in WL and CaK. Here are the features moving east across the disk:
LS80T_LS75_105129-FD.jpg
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16x_OR130_WL_114212_AR3187-3185-3189.jpg
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OR130_CaK_115751_AR3185-3189-3187.jpg
OR130_CaK_115751_AR3185-3189-3187.jpg (557.23 KiB) Viewed 554 times
16x_OR130_WL_114257_AR3182.jpg
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OR130_CaK_115711_AR3182.jpg
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16x_OR130_WL_114327_AR3184.jpg
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OR130_CaK_115619_AR3184.jpg
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16x_OR130_WL_114138_AR3186.jpg
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OR130_CaK_115824_AR3186.jpg
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16x_OR130_WL_114359_AR3188-3190.jpg
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OR130_CaK_115533_AR3188-3190.jpg
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16x_OR130_WL_114052_AR3191-3192.jpg
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Somehow I missed the big AR on the NE quadrant in CaK :?

I used the DS LS80T/LS75FHa solar scope and ASI290MM camera to image the main AR's. I used a couple of barlows but assembled these mosaics of the large groups form images taken with the 1.6x barlow:
16x_LS80T_LS75_East Disk.jpg
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16x_LS80T_LS75_West Disk.jpg
16x_LS80T_LS75_West Disk.jpg (210.03 KiB) Viewed 550 times
16x_LS80T_LS75_NW Disk.jpg
16x_LS80T_LS75_NW Disk.jpg (178.67 KiB) Viewed 550 times
To close off, I did grab a few images of the proms...no large active ones but some nice details in them none the less:
16x_LS80T_LS75_113308_NE Proms.jpg
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16x_LS80T_LS75_113151_West Proms.jpg
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16x_LS80T_LS75_113348_NE Proms.jpg
16x_LS80T_LS75_113348_NE Proms.jpg (175.78 KiB) Viewed 550 times
The last one looks like a shark fin cutting across the NE limb ;)

I do have a set of Ha images taken at a longer focal length that I have yet to finish processing...I will add them in if they look any good!

Questions and comments are always welcome.

Thanks,
Brian
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Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
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Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
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Re: January 15th Session

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Superb.


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A great session Brian.


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Re: January 15th Session

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Excellent session Brian.

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Re: January 15th Session

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Pupak, Maurits, and Bill...

Thanks for your comments...always appreciated :bow

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Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
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Re: January 15th Session

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You’ve been busy, Brian. Lots of lovely images.

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Thanks Stuart :bow

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Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
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Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
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So lovely to be spoiled for choice :) all of them are superb and great to see them in all 3 lights :bow :hamster:

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You got a great set there Brian in 'chilly' conditions.


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Alexandra and Mark...

Thanks for your feedback :bow

Alexandra, despite all the work it always rewarding to get a complete set of data for the AR's. Glad to know you liked the collection ;)

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Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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Hi all...

One final addition to this data set.

I re-processed the images taken through the LS80T/LS75FHa/B1800Ha and ASI290MM camera using a 2.5x barlow and assembled several mosaics at the higher resolution. A few show some newton rings that I wasn't able to completely flat out :?

The results are shown below, open in a new window to get the full resolution:
25x_LS80T_DSII_NW_South.jpg
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25x_LS80T_DSII_NW_NE.jpg
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25x_LS80T_DSII_NW_out.jpg
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That's all folks ;)

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Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
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Nice additions Brian!


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Hi Brian - I have been a bit infrequent in my visit to solarchat over the past few years - lots of good life stuff happening. Your discs are just perfect IMHO! Thanks for the balls!


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Mark and Matt...

Thanks for your feedback on the images :bow

Glad you like the FD's Matt!

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Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

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Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
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Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
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Great collection, Brian!

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What a great set of images, Brian. You got pretty much all features covered at the various lights.

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Kevin and Franco, thanks for your comments and feedback on the images :bow

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Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
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Re: January 15th Session

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Fabulous collection of images Brian!

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