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I sent a donation a couple days ago...LMK if you haven't seen it

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Amazing detail and excellent processing

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Outstanding disc!!!! Well done sir

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Excellent animation! Well done :-)

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Wow Christian...absolutely stunning images!!!

I'm stunned at the detail you have been able to resolve.

I think I feel aperture fever coming on ;-)

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I'm very happy to hear this. Thank you for your perseverance! While I will continue with the upload option I will be adjusting the the compression setting so as to better balance size/quality...based on recent tests the 4K files will be just under half their previous size. ...and as soon as Flikr re...

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Wow!!!
I'm speechless...thx for sharing!

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I vote for upload! When I first started using this forum, it was because of the quality of discussion and shared images...that has not changed, if anything the level of discussion has been elevated and for sure the quality of images just keeps getting better. That's what brought me here and it's wha...

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Love the organic transit!

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Incredible catch and fantastic execution!!!!

That's as good as it gets...well done Peter

FWIW I got everything setup in preparation for any last blast of excitement from AR2565-67....but it looks like I'm in the wrong hemisphere;-)

Thank you for sharing!

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No show on the limb but what a great transit!

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Excellent close-ups...very nice detail.

Thx for sharing

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Outstanding sir! ...and what an excellent transit :-)

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Excellent! Well done sir!!!

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Great job Stephen! Thank you so much for making this happen as well as your daily efforts throughout the year. I was aware that I visited the forum frequently however the importance of Solarchat as a place to share our work and knowledge became acutely obvious when it was gone for a couple days...ve...

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Excellent first light!!! ...looks like a productive and successful day ...regarding your granulation question... Which wedge are you using the Lunt or the Baader? ...if you are using the Lunt, you'll want to add a continuum filter...and it's my understanding that the Baader has one already integrate...

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Beautiful images...white light is excellent with lots to examine.

...but the Ha is flat out stunning!!!

Thx for sharing :-)

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Thx guys...I appreciate the comments :-)

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Beautiful images and as always an excellent presentation

Thx for sharing!

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I'm sorry there's no sun...however, out of everyone on the forum...you definitely have no shortage of compelling subjects to shoot :-)

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Wow! Great images...fantastic presentation.

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With the approaching minimum its not uncommon to go a week or two with very little of photographic interest on our star...with the exception of using extreme magnification however the seeing often makes that difficult at best. If its not the seeing then its low clouds during the morning...but even w...

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Great catch...excellent animation!

Thx for sharing

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Derek, Alexandra and Charles,
Thank you for the comments...they are appreciate :-)

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Really nice detail and processing...nice work! :-)

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Cak with Lunt Module B1800 with 2x+2x Barlows on Lunt LE152/F8 stopped down to 100mm

Ha on LS152 SS with TV 4x PowerMate (4x+2x on one shot) and Baader 160mm D-ERF

Camera: RED Dragon Epic, 18MP Monochrome windowed to 4K

Thx for looking!

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Mark,
I took your advice and reprocessed some of the data from the session...specifically reducing exposure and remapping curve a bit to protect highlights while trying to keep the blacks from crushing.

I definitely see what you mean about additional detail in plage regions.

Thx for the help :-)

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All are absolutely beautiful...and the subtle detail in the first image is breath taking :-)

longtech · Re: 07.07.2016 / "AR2562" and Other Day Fantastic set of images!!!

Fantastic set of images!!!

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Wow! Nice shots...great detail

Looks like you had some pretty good seeing...was this a morning session?

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Aaahhh...so that's what CaK should look like :-)

Very nice!

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Thx for the comments :-)

Unfortunately I did not catch it in Ha for comparison

Pixel size is 5 micron. Since the camera records RAW I can go back and re-render the TIFFs with a lower exposure...see what the plage regions are hiding.

Thx again!

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Impressive detail and beautiful processing! :-)

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Beautiful images...especially the first two...outstanding detail!

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I purchased a Lunt CaK B1800 Straight Thru Module almost a year ago but I could never make the time to try it since I needed every opportunity to continue refiuning my Ha workflow as I kept trying to push the magnification envelope As often happens my son started prodding me this weekend to either u...

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Absolutely stunning!

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Excellent images Mark...especially love the HaT pics

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Love the animations...well done sir!

The 3FPM looks really nice but I find it is better suited to an effective focal length between 2000-4000mm...when you start to get much longer I bet the 4FPM you proposed will be perfect

Thx for sharing

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Very cool looking but an impediment to drinking beer ;-)

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Very nice!

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Absolutely stunning animations...

great detail, super smooth motion and perfect alignment...I'm jealous of your skills ;-)

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Excellent results...all three are just perfect!

Thx for sharing

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Excellent! Love the last one

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Valery and Mark...you both make an important point regarding the size of refractor vs SCT...and you have both demonstrated that SCTs can be used to make exception solar images. ...but I've slowly realized that I would not need a bigger mount for a large refractor as I had previously thought...not fo...

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Thx guys :-)

We're getting lots of sunshine but also lots of 40+ degree days ;-)

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Well the seeing was pretty horrible but there were a few moments during my quick morning session

LS152THa SS with Baader D-ERF and TV 4x Powermate...shot with mono-Epic-Dragon at 4K resolution, ISO 320, 2ms
220 stacked from 600 frames

Thx for looking

longtech · Re: Activity from June 27, 2016 Outstanding images!!!

Outstanding images!!!

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I love the animation!

...and that's a great FD

Thx for sharing :-)

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Thanks all...I appreciate the kind words :-) Valery, I'm eager to move up in aperture to the range you mention as I feel I've pushed the 6" as far as possible. My rough calculation gives a per pixel Field Of View of .13 arc"/pixel... So for now I'm trying to decide between a larger ap SCT ...

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With the lull in activity I had a chance to look through the data from the past few weeks and found some very lucky captures from mid-June.

Here's one from the 16th using the LS152THa with both a 2x and a 4x TV Powermates (8x the magnification of the LS152's 900mm)

Thx for looking!

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