28 Nov - HR HA images on a very cloudy day

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28 Nov - HR HA images on a very cloudy day

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Clouds and rain are the order of this season. 28 Nov was no exception. The game plan was to get some reference images with the C11-QUARK followed by C11- Solar Spectrum SUNA configuration.

It was very cloudy and I almost did not get started.
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I was very glad that I went ahead even though the clouds maintained their presence.
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To get images through thin clouds, I had to rev up the gain and image at 10 msec aperture. Very glad to have some images around AR2900:

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By the time, I got to setting up the SUNA, clouds became a permanent feature. No SUNA images for this session.

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Hope to get some images with SUNA soon.

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Re: 28 Nov - HR HA images on a very cloudy day

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WoW, how did you image through all of that!? I would have had a challenge even observing through that visually. And got impressive results at that!!


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Excellent views through the clouds, Alfred. Very impressive you could get those.

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Thanks Franco and James for your kind comments.

I must say I am surprised to be able to get such images through clouds. Over the years, I have observed that I am still able to get relatively good images in certain hazy and cloudy situations. In all I made about 20 recordings and these 2 are the best of the lot.

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You are amazing to manage to get such good images through those clouds, well done :bow :hamster:

I must admit that I wouldn't have even tried ;)

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Great images through the clouds, Alfred.

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Amazing results given the conditions ALfred!


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Thank you, Mark and Stu for your kind comments. We had very cloudy skies all days in the week. It was a no go for imaging today.

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Impressed with the images you captured Alfred considering the sky condition...well done :bow

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