Popular Post philjay Posted May 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2016 I took this with the Oly EM 10 after about 30 mins ish. Oly EM10 with x2 barlow. 17 from 20 frames. R6, PS CS3. +Bino-viewer, tuckstar, Smithysteve and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Smashing shot Phil - pretty much the exact view we had for a good two hours of yesterday's transit. philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 A great shot Phil, you have captured the 'dot' and Sun very well ? All the 'practice' you have done in recent months has paid off! philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I like that Phil very crisp. It also answers why I could not tune my PST to see the flares -- there wasn't any philjay and Brantuk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Myself and a few others managed to see some flares at the 3 and 4 o clock position yesterday through Steve's PST. ??? Brantuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 4 hours ago, Graham said: I like that Phil very crisp. It also answers why I could not tune my PST to see the flares -- there wasn't any I was dismayed too Graham when I thought my pressure tuner had gone pear shaped. Then I saw the live feeds and realised there was next to nothing flares wise lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Very nice clear picture Phil. Mercury looks to be a very small dot compared to the sun, and on my phone I have to zoom in just to see it. It is worth considering that if it was the same distance as the sun, it would appear even smaller and just over half the size it is in your picture. Mercury was about 0.55AU from us during the transit. Edited May 10, 2016 by Tweedledee philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Loveley image niiiice philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Beautiful image Phil. You've raised the bar very high...... philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks folks, Im happy with the image. The Olympus OM D EM10 is a great little camera and I knew that I should be able to get reasonable lunar and solar from it. Lunar was a shortish learning curve but solar through the Lunt has been a longer, eventful but interesting lesson and theres still more learning on the processing side. Don't listen to anyone when they tell you DSLRs aren't much cop for solar, I didn't Yes they are but it takes a bit of work, they aren't plug and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Is it a Lunt 60 you're using Phil ? Our society solar scope is the Lunt 50. I have to say, i struggled using the helical focuser. Don't like them. I can't see any way of putting a prime focus camera on the back of it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Yep its the Lunt 60Tha Rob. It has a real (but basic )Crayford. I initially ordered a 50 and I was wondering how I would get on with the helical focuser but due to the supply problems last year I changed my mind and went for the 60. I reckon I made the right choice although I have seen good images from the 50. Doesn't the 50 have the usual blocking filter diagonal on the back? If so then its just fit a 1.25" nosepiece (or barlow in my case) to the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Yes, our scope has a B600 blocking filter. The odds are stacked against me : both my 'Barlows' are 2 inch fit. My camera is Full frame. I'm doubting i'd be able to reach focus anyway. I've not been able to have a proper session yet with the Lunt 50. Just a few quick views yesterday. Brantuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) I'm sure there must be a T thread on the 50's blocking filter - mine has one on the B1200 Rob..... Edited May 10, 2016 by Brantuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 The b600 is classed as a visual bf by lunt unfortunately, different brightness etc so dont know if it will have the t thread that the b1200 has. Because I image a bit I went for the b1200 right off. Brantuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Ahh.. so there could be a difference... thx Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Great image Phil just I saw it, I am selling my Lunt 60 1200B double headed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Why is that Steohen, have you got another scope? Re blocking filters, I wasn't quite right, they differ with the scope focal lengths, Lunt page explains all https://luntsolarsystems.com/product/lunt-blocking-filters/ but I was advised the 1200 on the LS60 was better for imaging. The LS50 with B600 should be fine for imaging then, also it does have a T2 thread. A barlow will help with the image size on the chip but you should still be able to get an image without Brantuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks for the link Phil - there's a lot of useful info there I hadn't seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Just a quick rework. Played with local contrast and curves a touch. Not sure hmm Edited May 11, 2016 by philjay Brantuk and Werisit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 It's good as far as I can see Phil - bit nearer than your first effort to what we saw in the scope on Monday. Nice one! philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Thanks for your advice & help re the Lunt 50. Had it been me i'd have opted for a 60 over the 50 we have, but as it's a society scope, we decided on a £1k budget. The bloomin things are overpriced anyway if you ask me........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 They are very dear indeed. I think it's all in the filters and figuring. Designing a scope down to 5 or 7 angstroms, etalon tuning, and making it safe for observing, must be rare and precise skills. I dare say the materials ain't cheap either..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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