02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Hello everybody,

This is the first light of my mod. Recently, I finally decided to put it together. Thanks a lot to Vladimir (csve) and Filip (Great attractor) without you guys, I couldn't have done it.
The modification represents the William optics telescope, model Megrez90 and etalon + BF from Lunt50.
The weather is bad, and the visibility is terrible :) so there was simply no time for correct orientation and framing, sorry.

I will be very glad for your advice and criticism.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Very good results. The resolution is fine, and the image is nicely uniform. Maybe the etalon was just a bit off-band (esp. the second image looks as if it could be a little more "furry"); or maybe it was just due to sky conditions.


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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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GreatAttractor wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:44 pm Very good results. The resolution is fine, and the image is nicely uniform. Maybe the etalon was just a bit off-band (esp. the second image looks as if it could be a little more "furry"); or maybe it was just due to sky conditions.
Hi Filip, thanks again for your help. The photo shows different visibility conditions, today everything has changed very much, strong wind, oncoming clouds. And the processing is also different everywhere, somewhere there is more contrast, somewhere less.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Forgot to say this was shot with a Barlow × 2 lens.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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:hamster: :hamster: :hamster: very nice to hear :) and excellent images too :hamster: :bow

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Looks great to me, sharp and nice resolution.


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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Nice work Ivan. Nice setup too!!


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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Nice setup with the Megrez Ivan.
Images are excellent.

Try a shade more contrast to the surface images and see if you approve ??

Thanks for sharing
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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:34 pm Nice setup with the Megrez Ivan.
Images are excellent.

Try a shade more contrast to the surface images and see if you approve ??

Thanks for sharing
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Thanks Terry, I will definitely try. It also seems to me that they are of low contrast. But this is my first experience.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Alexandra, Maurits, James, thank you very much!

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Nice captures with a new setup, Ivan! H-alpha and prominences are quite good. Good luck in the hunt for new images!

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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On Leo's advice, I did a little work with HDR. The first image is completely processed by him, the second I tried to process myself and added colors. Thanks Leo! Obviously, a different scale requires a different approach and I am still learning. After processing, it seemed to me that the image size should be reduced by a third or so to get rid of noise and artifacts.
I will be glad to criticism, thank you.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Through the window !?
Great job.
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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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Nice job on the mod and excellent first light. It usually takes a few sessions to really get to know your scope and how to tweak to optimise performance…..and get luckier with the sky conditions.

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Re: 02.09.21 Sun in Lunt50: the first light of the mod

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allhoest wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:39 pm Through the window !?
Great job.
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Hi Alex, thanks. This is a loggia, and unfortunately it has rather narrow flaps, so the Sun goes away quickly and I have to rearrange the installation.

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