Solar FD in CaK and plane transit

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Solar FD in CaK and plane transit

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Last Friday morning was lovely and so I attempted a high res FD mosaic in CaK which I've been thinking about for a little while. It sort of worked, but not entirely. There are a few stitching errors when you zoom in and it's a little patchy, so this is work in progress with improvement targets to reach next time.

Image20190524_CaK_FD_Mosaic by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20190524_CaK_FD_Colour_Mosaic by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Anyhow, during recording of one of the panels I was treated to a plane transit..... only my second ever :) Coloured orange despite being CaK.

ImageJet Transit across the Sun_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

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FD looks pretty good to me and plane transits are always fun. They always seem to occur just after my capture finishes :)


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Hi Stue,

Excellent images! Thanks for sharing.


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Well done Stuart!! I agree with David, they do usually just occur after recording :lol:
That's a very fine full disc too :bow always tough to stitch when the Sun is so quiet.

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Nice images Stu! Were you using the 5.86um pixel basler there?


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Many thanks, everyone.

Mark, yes, the IMX174 5.86um. Also the Tecnosky 127mm with Lunt B600/K-Line/Omega filter train and 2.7x Barlow.

I’ve since made a mask to reduce the objective to 110mm to see if this sharpens up the edges, which seem a little softer than the centre. If I see the Sun again, I’ll give it a run :(. Just more murk and rain today.

Stu.


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