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Prom Sat 12th June

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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.
sun-120621- cross invert 3.jpg
sun-120621- cross invert 3_mono.jpg
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Nice capture!
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That's Awesome Fraz!
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Very nice. At what magnification is this? Thanks.
ES AR 102 102mm, f/6.5, ES 254mm f/5 DOB, Obie 10x50, GSO SV 30mm, ES 68° 20mm, ES 82° 14mm, 11mm, 8.8 mm, 6.8mm, 4.7mm. Twilight 1 mount.
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wow , nice shot , thx .
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Michael131313 wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:51 pm Very nice. At what magnification is this? Thanks.
1200mm focal length with a 2.5 x Powermate.

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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
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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 .

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yobbo89 wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:13 pm nice scope setup and image !
Thanks, the mono shot is one of the best I've managed tbh.
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Just think.
What you are looking at is a hundred and fifty million kilometers away.
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Thanks very much Fraz.
ES AR 102 102mm, f/6.5, ES 254mm f/5 DOB, Obie 10x50, GSO SV 30mm, ES 68° 20mm, ES 82° 14mm, 11mm, 8.8 mm, 6.8mm, 4.7mm. Twilight 1 mount.
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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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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.
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