June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark + June 12
June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark + June 12
Hi All,
Another clear morning, what a nice surprise. Today I took the little Questar out from the shadows, where it has been hiding for many months, and showed it the sun. Attached to the axial port was a 2.5x Powermate followed by the Quark Combo a .5x focal reducer and PGR camera. A Baader DERF was mounted on the front.
With only one main target, AR12765, and with no clouds it did not take very long to capture all the videos I needed. I had seen Questar imagers using the built in diagonal and eyepiece port on the scope to image so I thought I'd give it a try. It seemed a bit unwieldy to stick the Powermate, Quark, and camera into the eyepiece port. I can see how image orientation can get a little confusing.
The first image is the normal axial setup. The rest of the images were taken from the eyepiece port without proper orientation unfortunately.
Phil
Another clear morning, what a nice surprise. Today I took the little Questar out from the shadows, where it has been hiding for many months, and showed it the sun. Attached to the axial port was a 2.5x Powermate followed by the Quark Combo a .5x focal reducer and PGR camera. A Baader DERF was mounted on the front.
With only one main target, AR12765, and with no clouds it did not take very long to capture all the videos I needed. I had seen Questar imagers using the built in diagonal and eyepiece port on the scope to image so I thought I'd give it a try. It seemed a bit unwieldy to stick the Powermate, Quark, and camera into the eyepiece port. I can see how image orientation can get a little confusing.
The first image is the normal axial setup. The rest of the images were taken from the eyepiece port without proper orientation unfortunately.
Phil
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Whichever way round Phil, these images are well good and AR2765 certainly shows all.
Thanks
Terry
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Very good
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Phil:
Very nice session, at my place it clouded all day.
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Eric.
Very nice session, at my place it clouded all day.
Regards,
Eric.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
I like the mono best, great images.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Hi Phil,
The details are incredible coming from a small scope. It is fits its reputation in the hands of an expert.
Would be nice to see a photo of your setup with the Questar.
Alfred
The details are incredible coming from a small scope. It is fits its reputation in the hands of an expert.
Would be nice to see a photo of your setup with the Questar.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Yikes those are pretty
Explore Scientific 152mm f6.5 achromat
Aeries D-ERF
Quark Chromosphere f27 native, (f14 when focal reduced)
Mallincam .5x focal reducer (large format)
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Phil,
Your images show incredible depth as well as sharpness! And what type/brand of mount is your setup mounted on?
James
Your images show incredible depth as well as sharpness! And what type/brand of mount is your setup mounted on?
James
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Wow!! your images are always flawless you have an excellent Quark too
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Very nice images.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Excellent seies, Phil! And a very nice Questar setup.
Thanks for sharing.
Valery
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark
Nice set-up there Phil and well done on the fab imaging
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark + June 12
Another day with the Questar/Quark Combo setup. This time I tried three different scales using the .5x focal reducer with an additional 5mm spacer attached. This produced the maximum field of view with all four corners being cut off. I had to reduce the ROI to avoid vignetting. The first image is with the reducer plus the spacer, next is with the spacer removed and lastly with no focal reducer. Two inverted images are included to show a nearby prom.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark + June 12
Fabulous images, Phil. That’s a heck of a setup, producing wonderful images.
Stu.
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Re: June 11, 2020 AR12765 using Questar/Quark + June 12
Wow! the last image looks like a rearing horse!
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