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H-alpha image of large sunspot group.
Date: 2015 Sept 19 Time:14:39:11
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Image captured using ASI178 mono camera with Daystar Quark Chromosphere and x.05 reducer through 80m f5.6 refractor on EQ8 mount
Large hedgerow prominence 2015 Sept 26 . Taken using Vixen NA140SF refractor and ASI 120MM mono camera through Daystar Quark HA filter. 20s of 71 fps video = 1431 frames Mid time = 123219.274 secs.
Sept 26 2015. Captured using Vixen NA140SF and ASI 120MM mono cmos camera through Daystar Quark Chromo HA filter.
Capture using Firecapture controlling EQ8 Mount. Start time of 446 frames stacked to 25% at 123914.5 seconds after midnight.
1st attempt at stitching a solar mosaic together in HA using a Daystar Quark chromosphere. Failed to acquire second half! Captured using ASI 178MM uncooled at focal plane in 3x3 matrix on 28 May 2023 at 1500. Telescope was Stellarvue ED80 mounted on ED8, auto-aligned and collected using Firecapture. Each photo is a stack of 500 images of which the best 30% is stacked using AS3 and then transferred to wavelets sharpening before assembly using mosaic feature in Maxim.
2nd attempt at stitching a solar mosaic together in HA using a Daystar Quark chromosphere. Captured using ASI 178MM uncooled at focal plane in 3x3 matrix on 11th May 2024. Telescope was Stellarvue ED80 mounted on a Nyx, auto-aligned and collected using Firecapture. Each photo is a stack of 500 images of which the best 30% is stacked using AS3 and then transferred to wavelets sharpening before assembly using mosaic feature in Maxim.