Prominence Sat 12th June
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Prominence Sat 12th June
Prom Sat 12th June
Equipment
PST Mod in a Bressier 127 donor & Baader internal DERF
Coronado BF15 with Maier replacement ITF.
ZWO ASI174 camera with 2.5 x Powermate.
Capture software - Firecapture
Frames captured=6018 @ 800x800
90+FPS (This is to keep the capture time down to a minute)
Shutter=8.000ms , Gamma=43 , Gain=0.
Flat used.
Stacking software - Autostakkert3
Stacked 10% of 6018 frames = 600 frames
Low level of quality indicated in AS3.
Deconvolution software - imppg
Sigma 1.6192 @ 50 iterations
Unsharp mask I have yet to master.
Finishing software - Photoshop
Crop,
Histogram stretch
Adjustments -> shadows/highlights,
Split prom from surface with a magic wand selection and copied to seperate layers.
Processed surface normal and prom inverted, mainly to get prom visibiity.
Used colour balance on surface, selective colour on prom, combined and touched hue on both.
The desire was to get a panoramic view of surface and prom as a whole.
Equipment
PST Mod in a Bressier 127 donor & Baader internal DERF
Coronado BF15 with Maier replacement ITF.
ZWO ASI174 camera with 2.5 x Powermate.
Capture software - Firecapture
Frames captured=6018 @ 800x800
90+FPS (This is to keep the capture time down to a minute)
Shutter=8.000ms , Gamma=43 , Gain=0.
Flat used.
Stacking software - Autostakkert3
Stacked 10% of 6018 frames = 600 frames
Low level of quality indicated in AS3.
Deconvolution software - imppg
Sigma 1.6192 @ 50 iterations
Unsharp mask I have yet to master.
Finishing software - Photoshop
Crop,
Histogram stretch
Adjustments -> shadows/highlights,
Split prom from surface with a magic wand selection and copied to seperate layers.
Processed surface normal and prom inverted, mainly to get prom visibiity.
Used colour balance on surface, selective colour on prom, combined and touched hue on both.
The desire was to get a panoramic view of surface and prom as a whole.
Mentored by Keith, Mike, John and Bill. (The old guard) and forever grateful.
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
(Trying my best not to curse or swear )
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
(Trying my best not to curse or swear )
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Nice capture!
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
That's Awesome Fraz!
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Very nice. At what magnification is this? Thanks.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
wow , nice shot , thx .
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
1200mm focal length with a 2.5 x Powermate.
Mentored by Keith, Mike, John and Bill. (The old guard) and forever grateful.
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
nice scope setup and image !
scopes :gso/bintel f4 12"truss tube, bresser messier ar127s /skywatcher 10'' dob,meade 12'' f10 lx200 sct
cameras : asi 1600mm-c/asi1600mm-c,asi120mc,prostar lp guidecam, nikkon d60, sony a7,asi 290 mm
mounts : eq6 pro/eq8/mesu 200 v2
filters : 2'' astronomik lp/badder lrgb h-a,sII,oIII,h-b,Baader Solar Continuum, chroma 3nm ha,sii,oiii,nii,rgb,lowglow,uv/ir,Thousand Oaks Solar Filter,1.25'' #47 violet,pro planet 742 ir,pro planet 807 ir,pro planet 642 bp ir.
extras : skywatcher f4 aplanatic cc, Baader MPCC MKIII Coma Corrector,Orion Field Flattener,zwo 1.25''adc.starlight maxi 2" 9x filter wheel,tele vue 2x barlow .
cameras : asi 1600mm-c/asi1600mm-c,asi120mc,prostar lp guidecam, nikkon d60, sony a7,asi 290 mm
mounts : eq6 pro/eq8/mesu 200 v2
filters : 2'' astronomik lp/badder lrgb h-a,sII,oIII,h-b,Baader Solar Continuum, chroma 3nm ha,sii,oiii,nii,rgb,lowglow,uv/ir,Thousand Oaks Solar Filter,1.25'' #47 violet,pro planet 742 ir,pro planet 807 ir,pro planet 642 bp ir.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Thanks, the mono shot is one of the best I've managed tbh.
Mentored by Keith, Mike, John and Bill. (The old guard) and forever grateful.
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Just think.
What you are looking at is a hundred and fifty million kilometers away.
What you are looking at is a hundred and fifty million kilometers away.
Mentored by Keith, Mike, John and Bill. (The old guard) and forever grateful.
Spending obscene amounts of money building a big fracking solar telescope.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Thanks very much Fraz.
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Nice one Fraz , the less vivid ones present the most challenge . I have been lazy and waiting for the more defined targets to appear . Great capture and processing !
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Re: Prominence Sat 12th June
Hello Fraz. A superb solar prominence image from you. Beautiful details of the prominence and the surface. Thanks for sharing this capture in color and b&w with us on here Fraz, and keep up the great work.
Marshall
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Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
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