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Images of AR12706

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Hello

In the past few days I made some pictures of AR12706. The group is now declining, today I have counted only 11 spots most very tiny, yesterday they were 14 and on the 21st about 18. Some images are attached including a disc of today.

I had time to do some further experiments with Daystar Calcium Quark. The device is relatively insensitive to variations in tuning but I noted it is quite sensitive to the focal ratio. Although advertised for scopes as fast as f/7 I noted that it requires at least a f/10 cone to perform best, and still better to have something around f/11 - f/15.

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These are very nice images! They've turned out well. Interesting about how the CaH filter performs at longer focal ratios.


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Beautiful sharp images, Raf.

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Raf:
Very good images.
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Thanks! The group is now vanishing, the follower spot disappeared leaving only some "dust" behind. Here is how it appeared just one hour ago.

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Thanks for the update!


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A very fine set of images, Raf.

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Stunning images


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Nice set of images !
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A great addition, Raf

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