Today's SUN (20210411) | BIG PROM

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Today's SUN (20210411) | BIG PROM

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Today's SUN (20210411) | BIG PROM

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Solar imaging session (20210411) | Pedro RE'
TV101 (H-alpha)
GS3-U3-28S4M, Takahashi EM-400
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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS (TAKAHASHI FC76 F/7.9 | SM60, BF15)

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SUN (20210411) H-alpha (15:00 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, DS SM90II/SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20210411) H-alpha (15:00 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20210411) H-alpha (15:00 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M


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Excellent imaging Pedro!


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Thanks a lot Dan


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All beautiful Pedro but the circle of fire with the large prom is the money’s shot today.

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Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

I was following that large prom today on SDO Pedro, (before that website went down) and you've captured it so well..

Thanks for sharing
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Pedro,
Great images, great catch of that prom.
Well done mate!


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An FS76. Very nice!!!


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Looks like you had some nice warm sunshine there Pedro! Great disks!


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Hi Pedro - great to see your images - looks like it was lifting off?


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Thanks a lot guys

I bought this FC76 recently with a cracked objective (for a low price). I was able to repair it (masking the cracked area) and it works fine for solar observation.
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Merlin66 wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:13 pm Pedro,
Great images, great catch of that prom.
Well done mate!
Thanks a lot Ken

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These are exceptional images Pedro...well done :bow

Congrats on the SPoD with the proms!!!

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