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Old 26-05-2018, 06:32 PM
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Is it a single Ha or double stack?

Generally speaking, singles show prominences but little surface detail,

Doubles show filaments and other surface detail (and prominences).


Tuning.

As the Sun rotates, one limb is travelling towards Earth, the other away from us. There is a small redshift between the two sides so you need a slightly different tune for each limb. A single stack with its broader bandwidth, can sometimes show proms on both limbs.

A friend has a Lunt 60, I find the pressure tuning a bit finicky compared to my PST.


Check this page
http://halpha.nso.edu/
It publishes latest Ha images. As you can see, there is near to no activity at present. Be patient.


Joe
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