Solar EAA 24th March 2024
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Solar EAA 24th March 2024
Sunday afternoon and managed to get the Celestron 4se out again for some more Solar fun. Using an Altair Astro 294c colour camera and SharpCap, with the Live Planetary Stacking tool.
I had forgotten how the 4se chews through batteries! Pointed the scope South, and started to slew towards the Sun to perform an alignment and the scope ground to a halt! So, switched to a 12v power supply and recycled the batteries
Wow! Sunspot 3615 was huge and complex! Had a great time observing the Sun for about an hour. Had to wait now and again for those pesky clouds to float on through. The full-disk image has been de-dust-moted but the cropped image of sunspot 3615 is straight from SharpCap's live stacking, complete with dust-mote! Not sure about my choice of colouring (magnolia).
Have fun.
Pete
I had forgotten how the 4se chews through batteries! Pointed the scope South, and started to slew towards the Sun to perform an alignment and the scope ground to a halt! So, switched to a 12v power supply and recycled the batteries
Wow! Sunspot 3615 was huge and complex! Had a great time observing the Sun for about an hour. Had to wait now and again for those pesky clouds to float on through. The full-disk image has been de-dust-moted but the cropped image of sunspot 3615 is straight from SharpCap's live stacking, complete with dust-mote! Not sure about my choice of colouring (magnolia).
Have fun.
Pete
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Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: CPWI, SharpCap, Stellarium, TheSky, SkyChart, Starry Night 8, Aladin, ASTAP and AstroPlanner.
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Telescope: Celestron CPC800, NexStar 4se - Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 294c PRO, ZWO ASI 533MM
Software: CPWI, SharpCap, Stellarium, TheSky, SkyChart, Starry Night 8, Aladin, ASTAP and AstroPlanner.
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Re: Solar EAA 24th March 2024
Nice one again Pete; both images are great! And frankly, I like your choice of colour as well You're right about 3615 too, quite the expanse going on there!
Hope your skies stay clear and all the best,
Hope your skies stay clear and all the best,
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"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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Re: Solar EAA 24th March 2024
fine spots , thx .
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REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .
EYEPIECES, Delos , Delite and 26mm Nagler t5 , 2 zoom Svbony 7-21 , Orion Premium Linear BinoViewer .
FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .
Mounts , cg-4 motorized , eq6 pro belt drive .
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Re: Solar EAA 24th March 2024
Nice details & setup Pete, I have seen many nice solar images taken with the 4se...
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