philjay Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 After much fighting with PS and rending of hair and clothes My first ever solar Halpha, so be gentle with me Sun in Halpha 27/02/15 0930 hours Scope Lunt 60 with B1200 blocking filter, camera QHY IMGOH mono 2 frames, 1 exposed for proms and one for disc, masked and merged in PS. Each frame 2500 frames stacked and waveletted in Registax I actually took a load more shots for a full disc mosaic but that's it for the mo, one faltering step at a time eh Tweedledee, BAZ, +Ibbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Nicely done Phil, I struggle big time with my processing so I understand the effort you have put into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Very impressed Phil, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If that's your first, then we must have some real treats to come! That is a great Solar image! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 really nice Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 That looks fabulous Seeing that image warms me up on a cold day Is the eyepiece view similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Nice one Pete. Look forward to many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ta folks Im very pleased with it That looks fabulous Seeing that image warms me up on a cold day Is the eyepiece view similar? The eyepiece view is very red due to the filter/etalon Pete. Ive also boosted the contrast a bit to bring out the detail on the disc but generally at the eyepiece its all there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Very nice Phil - good to see what it can do in the hands of a pro lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Beautiful shot [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 That's got a real nice 3d look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Nice one Phil, fantastic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Now for a laugh. Today was supposed to be a rest day but couldn't keep away from messing, doing nowt does my head in. So tried mosaic full disc. You can see the joins but one has to start somewhere Colour Mono Now to try adding the proms oooerrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 And finally with added proms, phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 You have got to be chuffed with that Phil. Blimey you have only just got going and you're turning out stuff like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The full disc is really stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ta chaps, I enjoyed doing it, still got a long way to go re mosaics, gotta figure out how to do flats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I try 2 methods for flats 1 without changing anything find centre of sun so there is no blank sky thin clear plastic bag over the front end and adjust the length of exp so it gives same histogram as your central image without the bag (if you get what I mean) 2 defocus wildly and use same settings try both and see which works for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Cheers Steve, didnt think of doing flats at the time, was just playing. I remember you mentioning the bag method I shall give both a try next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al.Grant Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Nice images Phil. I'm keen on getting started on some solar Ha, had considered a Lunt 50 or 60 but now pretty certain I'm going for a Daystar Quark (chromosphere version) when the next shipment becomes available and use it on my Equinox 80 Pro. Found this Ha image processing guide - no idea if it's any good but may prove helpful: http://www.astro-nut.com/SolarPrimer.pdf Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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