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Post by MalVeauX »

Hey all,

I finally got a morning with minimal clouds, and fairly good weather. It's been dreadful for months. Seeing was decent, not supreme, but quite good, getting into sub-arc-second seeing all morning and averaging a few peaks in the 0.8 arc-second range which allowed some higher resolution attempts. I didn't get to the maximum of the potential of the aperture, but was getting decent data at least which is better than I've had in a while with the storm conditions. I left the high res stuff soft processing wise. The big prominence field is gorgeous. The AR's are crackling with small flares and activity, some were so fast they changed in moments while watching.

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Seeing Conditions (decent, getting sub-arc-second often enough, most images were around 0.8 arc-seconds):
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C8 Edge + Full 214mm D-ERF + Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (2nd D-ERF) + PST etalon + 10mm BF + ASI290MM
++ As above, minus the etalon and BF for the photosphere imaging

100mm F10 masked Refractor + Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (2nd D-ERF) + PST etalon + 10mm BF + ASI290MM

60mm F16.7 masked Refractor Baader Blue CCD-IR Block Filter (2nd D-ERF) + Lunt Cak & Altain Astro 395nm + IMX253 (discs)
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Post by rsfoto »

Hi Marty,

Well done


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Super set Marty!


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Top shots, Marty, thank you for sharing them.

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Post by Martin_S »

Excellent presentation Marty, well done.

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Great shots Marty


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A very impressive collection Marty, glad you got to use the 200mm!


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WoW Marty. You take the prize on these. That big prom reminds me of a furry animal nose down feeding on the spicule grass with a tail out behind it.

All of these are superb. You have the sun covered today!

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Outstanding work there Marty...well done :bow

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Well, looks like you certainly took advantage of the opportunity. Impressive amount of very good images there, Marty.


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Post by Carbon60 »

You've been busy in the better weather, Marty. A really great set of images.

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Superb Marty!! :bow :bow :hamster:

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Post by Stardust5858 »

Fantastic captures Marty, thanks for sharing.


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Lovely high-res images, Marty!

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