Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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If yesterday morning I tried, with no success, a full aperture shot of the Vixen VMC260L with the intention of immortalizing the granulation, during my lunch break I dedicated myself to our star in the h-alpha line.

The short free time available, made me lean towards mounting the etalon directly on the 120 ED, equipped with a 104 mm frontal ERF and etalon borrowed from the good Lunt LS50T Ha with his B600 blocking filter.

I used the ASI 178 MM after a Televue barlow brought to about 1.4x.

This caused me heavy Newton rings that I managed to eliminate through the miraculous flats of Firecapture (which didn't always give me joy, on the contrary).

The results leave me largely satisfied, perhaps for the first time since I have taken the Sun in this line of the spectrum.
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White light: Skywatcher 120 ED and Borg 76 ED with Baader Herschel Wedge and filters
H-alpha: Lunt LS50T Ha BF600, 120 ED modified by Lunt etalon. Thousand Oaks 0.9 Å Prominance filter
Calcium II K: Lunt B1200

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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Superb pictures.


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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Excellent results!


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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Excellent presentation David.

Thanks for sharing

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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Congrats David on SPOD 👍
Excellent results.


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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Splendid photos, David, and congratulations on the beautiful SPOD !

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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Beautiful images Davide!!! Well deserved SPOD.


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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Hello to everyone!
Many thanks for choosing one of these images for the SPOD, it really surprised me!

I have to reply to some questions some of you asked me since my last post in this section about the used equipment, I will reply very soon, maybe in a proper topic.

Yesterday afternoon I made again a take of the two main zones, in worsen seeing conditions

Here there are the changes of the regions.
I am also happy for the repetition of the results for the flat by Firecapture.
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White light: Skywatcher 120 ED and Borg 76 ED with Baader Herschel Wedge and filters
H-alpha: Lunt LS50T Ha BF600, 120 ED modified by Lunt etalon. Thousand Oaks 0.9 Å Prominance filter
Calcium II K: Lunt B1200

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Re: Hydrogen alpha activity on 24.03.2023

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Super results Davide!

Congrats on the SPoD!

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