A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422 + 23rd
A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422 + 23rd
A beautiful blue sky this morning enticed me outside for some solar imaging fun. Between the ease of a PST full disk and the image scale of the Quantum Six the small Questar has been ignored for months. Today it was put into action using a Baader ERF stopped down to 85mm, 2.5x Powermate, Quark Combo, focal reducer, and a PGR grasshopper.
Today's prom was an easy target to reacquaint myself with the scope.
Thanks for looking,
Phil
Today's prom was an easy target to reacquaint myself with the scope.
Thanks for looking,
Phil
Last edited by Astrophil on Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422
High quality images from the Questar, Phil. The spicules are well resolved.
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422
Thanks, Franco. Seeing was good.
I forgot to mention.
This may be old news for the members here but I thought I'd mention a little about the processing of the first image. For mediocre images, I like to spend a minimum amount of time processing. IMPPG came in handy to substantially brighten the proms without resorting to inverting the disk yet allowing some control of the disk. No need to combine a disk and prom image. Only a slight blur at the transition between disk and proms. It does produce a super double limb.
I forgot to mention.
This may be old news for the members here but I thought I'd mention a little about the processing of the first image. For mediocre images, I like to spend a minimum amount of time processing. IMPPG came in handy to substantially brighten the proms without resorting to inverting the disk yet allowing some control of the disk. No need to combine a disk and prom image. Only a slight blur at the transition between disk and proms. It does produce a super double limb.
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422
Very nice shot of the proms Phil...well done
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Cambray, ON Canada
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422
Wow!!! incredible shots I didn't realise there were so many other functions in ImPPG!
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422 + 23rd
Thanks for the comments, really!
Here are proms captured on the 23rd using the same equipment.
Phil
Here are proms captured on the 23rd using the same equipment.
Phil
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422
Great additions, that lil Questar sure works well.
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Re: A little Sun for a little Questar 20190422 + 23rd
A beautiful example that size is not everything.
And thanks for your IMPPG screenshot, interesting to see your settings.
And thanks for your IMPPG screenshot, interesting to see your settings.
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