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Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Well at last I have been able to try-out the various modifications within the observatory and its' new computer and programs.
Taken far-longer than I'd hoped, partly due to the intense-heat of over 45-degrees-C recently and now awaiting for some clear-skies.
This morning there was a little opportunity to get this Cak image, before the thin and then thick clouds rolled-over, so a brief attempt at Ha & WL was not successful... This was just a single-frame image, where other imagery is still to be processed including AVI's.
The primary-intention though, is to concentrate on Cak imagery first to try-out various options and download-programs, then when up to some sort of scratch, will follow with Ha and then WL experimentation.
Obviously further work can only occur when the "fluffy-stuff" allows and also more Solar-action too...
Still much to do to get all three-lines of light - worth posting...
CLEAR SKIES
Terry
Taken far-longer than I'd hoped, partly due to the intense-heat of over 45-degrees-C recently and now awaiting for some clear-skies.
This morning there was a little opportunity to get this Cak image, before the thin and then thick clouds rolled-over, so a brief attempt at Ha & WL was not successful... This was just a single-frame image, where other imagery is still to be processed including AVI's.
The primary-intention though, is to concentrate on Cak imagery first to try-out various options and download-programs, then when up to some sort of scratch, will follow with Ha and then WL experimentation.
Obviously further work can only occur when the "fluffy-stuff" allows and also more Solar-action too...
Still much to do to get all three-lines of light - worth posting...
CLEAR SKIES
Terry
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Fantastic!! glad to see you are up and running again
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Thanks Alexandra and a belated Birthday Greetings to you.
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Good to see you back in action, Terry. Lets hope for some clear skies soon enough.
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Thank you Jochen. Just limited action from here as many programs and hardware-items to be trialled, some of which have been advised/mentioned here in the past... It's a learning-curve too...
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
It looks like the test shot was successful.
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Hi James, you could be right, but as the next archive-image shows, that other than using a 0.5focal-reducer, I used to take Cak images such as this,
so it may well be that the not so clear-sky and also non-stable air - this morning, could make the difference.
Cheers
Terry
so it may well be that the not so clear-sky and also non-stable air - this morning, could make the difference.
Cheers
Terry
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Hi Terry, the new image even as a single frame is a big step forward.
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Thank you Mark.
The new-computer and the two large screens have already helped much to accurately adjust whatever and also in the Sun-light where they barely reflect the back-ground brightness with their matted screens.
It's just the beginning of trying other download programs such as Fire Capture etc., as well as other processing programs which is a bit of a learning-curve for me... Also as with today's image, there wasn't much time to even add the 0.tFR which was used for the archive-image for that FD and as Cal-k is the easiest of the three, so I'll get that corrected first and then the Ha.
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Terry
The new-computer and the two large screens have already helped much to accurately adjust whatever and also in the Sun-light where they barely reflect the back-ground brightness with their matted screens.
It's just the beginning of trying other download programs such as Fire Capture etc., as well as other processing programs which is a bit of a learning-curve for me... Also as with today's image, there wasn't much time to even add the 0.tFR which was used for the archive-image for that FD and as Cal-k is the easiest of the three, so I'll get that corrected first and then the Ha.
Best Wishes
Terry
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I wouldn't bother with a focal reducer with CaK, it will only be deleterious to the final image.
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Thanks for that advice Mark, so is there another way of getting a FD image as per the archived one of mine 23/3/2016 ??
That is of course assuming the use of the Altair GPCAM with the Lunt 60MM Cak...
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That is of course assuming the use of the Altair GPCAM with the Lunt 60MM Cak...
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Do a 4 pane mosaic.
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
I had thought of something similar Mark, but have yet to try such.
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Terry:
Good experimeting, it is nice when one see that there is an improvement going.
Best regards,
Eric.
Good experimeting, it is nice when one see that there is an improvement going.
Best regards,
Eric.
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Re: Thursday 27-8-2020 Cal-K Experimental Disk-image
Thanks Eric and the first-image was taken under poor-seeing, but at least showed that all the new cabling and computer are doing what they should.
Still early-days yet and I know that both the Ha and WL scopes will require quite a bit of work for their improvements, whilst awaiting suitable weather for such work...
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Still early-days yet and I know that both the Ha and WL scopes will require quite a bit of work for their improvements, whilst awaiting suitable weather for such work...
CLEAR SKIES
Terry