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Re: 08 April 2024 Very good thanks Ralph!

Very good thanks Ralph!

Thanks everyone, I was very lucky to find a break on Sunday.

Thanks guys!

Nice disks Rainer, hope the weather is on your side for the eclipse.

Nice disk, why are you thinking about another full disk camera?

Nice shots Warren! Good luck with the eclipse!

Glad you got a view in JAmes, we were sat under rain and cloud pretty much all of sunday.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments! Rain here this morning.

Nice result, thanks Stephen!

Today was more of the same, wind and rain, but, in a slightly drier interlude I went out and set up to catch those fleeting gaps in the clouds. They were there, but, alas, just revealed a milky sky awash with high clouds. I got a CaK full disk, but the lack of transparency meant the proms weren't ha...

Re: 07 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light Nice disk thanks Robert!

Nice disk thanks Robert!

These turned out well Brendan!

Good capture Rob! Imaging has been challenging this weekend with the weather.

Excellent images Petr!

Nice prom shot Maurits!

Nice prom shot Maurits!

Thanks folks! Looks like Sunday is a rain out here, I have snapped a full disk so far but I think that is all I will get.

Nice Ha disk there Petrus!

Re: Sun Ha from 04/7/2024 Nice closeup!

Nice closeup!

A friend and I got into a detailed texting conversation yesterday on SA. He said it was readily canceled out by a well made objective. And what surprises me the most is there is no corrector made for it, at least that I know of. TeleVue makes a corrector for Coma, and Aries once made the Chromacor ...

Geremia Forino wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:22 am No, I'm the second owner, I opened this thread because I had a vague suspect, I see it different from the first one I had, the sponge, bigger.

It certainly looks to me like someone has 'messed' with it. I would not recommend using this blocking filter for any visual.

Looks good to me Dennis. If it's not on band it really isn't far off.

Thanks everyone for your kind words!

nicspenceryork wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:55 am I've been thinking, 66mm seems an unusual aperture size. It that the scope or an aperture mask?!

Stopped down of course

66mm / f15 from 100mm f10

Thanks James! Todays challenge is clouds

nicspenceryork wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:38 am In not using gamma in future, setting the histogram around 90 should work, right?

Yes

Conditions were testing to say the least on Saturday, we had Storm Kathleen causing havoc here, with gale force winds from the south not only shaking the scope about, but also bringing up a thick soup of cloud, that when it briefly broke revealed at best a milky sky with high cloud and Saharan dust ...

These are excellent Alfred, even better viewed full size, I prefer number 1, it is lighter - but that may be down to my monitor.

I was imaging the same spot yesterday too, what time UT is this?

Great disks and closeups thanks Wayne!

Re: 06 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light Great disk thanks Robert!

Great disk thanks Robert!

These came out well inspite of less than ideal conditions!

Nice closeups PAul!

Nice disks here JAmes! I'm just processing yesterdays shots.

A nice set here thanks Eric!

Re: 07 April 2024 Nice captures thanks Ralph!

Nice captures thanks Ralph!

Well you know the blockers are good then. What is the scope like in single stack mode for brightness?

Something certainly does not look right with that blocker. Have you owned it from new?

This is with the Lunt80? While a DLSR isn't an ideal camera it is possible to get results with it, just need to practice the technique.

Nice mod!

I would say you could drill out the 6mm aperture to 10mm and upgrade yourself to a BF1000

DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:53 pm The ITF is the first filter to accept the light beam from the rest of the telescope, right?

Yes

Nice result James, that 40mm mask is the key to improvinf contrast ;) some cardboard and a pair of scissors is all that is needed. Hmm…gotta do that. Thanks Mark. Mark, I have a question. There is a corrector made for the AT72EDII. Would it correct the SA in the scope? The corrector is designed pri...

A lovely set of images thanks Michael!

That's brilliant Nic!

That's brilliant Nic!

Nice result James, that 40mm mask is the key to improvinf contrast

some cardboard and a pair of scissors is all that is needed.

Lovely images and scope thanks Petr!

Re: AR3628 Images Ha 04-04-2024 A good capture despite the weather!

A good capture despite the weather!

Thanks for the report James. Have have you tried swapping the blocker from you SM90 to the SM60 to see if there is a difference in brightness? Sometimes you can't see oxidisation on the ITF filter until it is removed from the blocker itself. I'm hoping to get some sunshine in this weekend, while con...

Nice additions Rainer!

Nice views of the setup and storage Wayne!

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