SOL St Valentines Day 2013 - sunspot 1671

[h0ughy]

well i was at home today suffering from some exotic disease ;) and managed to get a break in the clouds in Newcloudville. the first shot showed i was having some signal problems with the ZWO camera and prostar 0.5 reducer, for some reason when stacked in autostakkert it turned to crud on the edges. i may redo this one later - after all its going to rain again....pleanty of time

then i had an epiphany why not put on the vixen 2.4 time barlow i bought to use with the ZWO camera. well i did that and the results speak for themselves. i gave it a go - more room for improvement - i am not sure but i think it is sunspot 1671

lunt 60 double stacked from the doghouse observatory

i am persevering with the ZWO for the moment but up against the DMK41 both have pluses and minuses

so as i said stacked in autostakkert, then registax6 then photoshop then here ;)


the settings

full frame:
[ASI120MM Camera (ZWO Design)]
Frame Divisor=1
Resolution=1280x960
Frame Rate (fps)=Maximum
Colour Space / Compression=MONO8
Pan=0
Tilt=0
Exposure (s)=0.00582
Brightness=10
Gamma=57
Gain=13



barlowed:
[ASI120MM Camera (ZWO Design)]
Frame Divisor=1
Resolution=640x480
Frame Rate (fps)=Maximum
Colour Space / Compression=MONO8
Pan=-184
Tilt=-212
Exposure (s)=0.022848
Brightness=10
Gamma=31
Gain=19

[asimov]

:eyepop:Wow gotta love that full disc shot!

[Larryp]

That full disk shot is so sharp, it looks 3D. Great work, David

[RB]

Wow is right !
Very nice shot Dave.

Valentine's day ??? :doh:
Doh which reminds me, I gotta lodge my DA.

:lol:

[h0ughy]

thanks fellas - lots to learn:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

:rofl: well go off and get the gift then RB;):lol:

[mithrandir]

3D Sun only lists two sunspots on nearside at the moment - 1670 and 1671. 1671 is the one nearer to the center and that looks like yours.

I can see I'm going to have to get a solar scope. Given the weather, this looks more productive.

By the way, isn't the most important thing about VD the VD Massacre? Everything else is just profiteering.

[h0ughy]

thanks for that:thumbsup: - and yes i did massacre the image :lol:

[tornado33]

Very nice there.
Scott

[Hans Tucker]

+1..I have to agree, the full disc shot is impressive. :thumbsup: h0ughy.

Inspires me to get my newly purchased Solarmax 40 up and running :D

[Saturn%5]

Very nice David well done :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice David!

Certainly gives you a reminder how powerful the sun is.
I was certainly feeling it today, damn hot!!

Cheers,

Justin.

[h0ughy]

thanks hans:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

:thanx::thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

hey scotty - its about the only thing that you cant quite do at the moment so its the only way for me to get some photons - you seem to have sucked out anything thats left for the night:lol::P;)

[h0ughy]

another piece from yesterday

[venus]

Great capture!

[RB]

Feel the heat !! :atom:

Lovely cloesup Davo.

[h0ughy]

thanks Lydia

its pretty ordinary RB - see a lack of photons is harmful to your senses:rofl:

[RB]

:lol: :P

I still reckon it looks great though.

:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Really well I think we need some clear skies to bag a comet or three, then a huge bolide, then a sn , then some huge solar prom. That would indeed be a good day:lol::D

[astronobob]

Dang, I say it looks Stunningly Crazy, Details are awesome Houghy :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Thanks. Would help better if it wre focused better but the seeing was very average