Granulation and AR12804 in WL

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Granulation and AR12804 in WL

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Months ago I purchased a small newtonian for a variable star photometry project, a telescope never intended to be used for solar imaging. However having sold my 150 mm refractor I remained without a medium sized refractor for WL so I adapted an old Astrosolar foil and tried to image AR12804 with the mirror. Seeing was far from ideal however some details emerged in spite of the short f/ratio and the large central obstruction (0.42). Thanks for looking.
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Re: Granulation and AR12804 in WL

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Lovely capture Raf, it's an amazing spot. Thanks for sharing.


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Re: Granulation and AR12804 in WL

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Looks dern good to me. I would be proud of that image!


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That looks great, Raf. Nice fine detail.

Fairly impressive for a small and fast Newtonian.


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That's a really quite nice capture Raf!


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Beautifully captured sunspot group and amazing resolution in the granulation for 150mm aperture!


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Superb WL image Raf, that scope did a good job :bow

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Re: Granulation and AR12804 in WL

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Thanks guys, newtonians are of little use in solar imaging, this one really surprised me.


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