Sun: 05 May 2016

[lazjen (Chris)]

Not a full disk, because I was more interested in try out the new "toy" I've got a Doublestack filter for the Coronado now and even with my inexperienced fumbling around today, the detail is just so much better than before.



A non jpg version can be seen here: https://plus.google.com/+ChrisRyan_Oz/posts/4vpm5LAUKSU

[astronobob (Bob)]

Looks good & sounds exciting Chris, , Has that heart shaped sun spot returned like it was before, its good to see some more action on sol

[lazjen (Chris)]

Well, until I used this filter I doubt I would have known - it's providing a lot more detail and I can see stuff I could not see before.

Now I need something to pierce through the clouds.

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

Looking very promising, double stacking is a must for surface detail. That looks like a colour camera? The quality will be superb if you switch to mono.

[lazjen (Chris)]

Yes, it's a colour camera. It's a regret when I bought it that I did not know better. I've added a mono camera to my never ending shopping list.

Any recommendations for a suitable camera? Maybe: ZWO ASI 120MM-S?

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

The 120MM is ok (I use one myself) but the chip may be a tad small for your 60mm. It is fine for my LS50 but only just.

I have borrowed a friends Point Grey Scorpion which is an older camera. now discontinued, but it is really nice with a 1/1.8" (8.9mm diagonal) sensor size. I think that would be a better size for your scope.

I'm really only dipping my toes in Ha myself though, and learning the multitude of factors that come in to play with extreme narrowband imaging!

[lazjen (Chris)]

Ok, thanks for that. I'll start looking around and see what might be available. Shame about ZWO - jumping to USB 3 would be great.