The remarkable AR 1890 complex, Brisbane 7th Nov 2013.

[Dennis]

Well, along with the cloudless skies, Queensland turned on the seeing and gifted me with some nice moments of a steady atmosphere, where the solar granulation could easily be seen in scattered patches across the solar disc as I recorded a series of 3000 frame AVI’s.:)

The local air temperature was a cool 30 ºC compared to the somewhat more blistering 5,800 K of the Sun's surface.;)

This is the best of the series and shows some wonderful detail in the remarkably larger AR 1890 complex.


Takahashi Mewlon 180 F12
Tak Extender x1.6
ZWO ASI120MM CCD camera
Captured using Firecapture.
Aligned and stacked in AutoStakkert2
Wavelets applied in Registax.
Finishing in CS6.


Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

I am crying - what a magnificent amount of detail - you are a craftsman Dennis!!!! my goodness me comparing that to the toilet full i took late yesterday. simply breathtaking

an aside question - how fast were you capturing the data - for some reason at full res i only can manage 14fps?

[Dennis]

Hi Dave

Seeing really is what makes or breaks these high resolution images and today I was very lucky to encounter some excellent moments of steadiness in the skies above our back yard. When good seeing is married to incredible apps like AutoStakkert2, Registax and CS6 with plug-ins, the results can really pop!:)

Previously, I’ve had somewhat variable results with frame rates but on the last couple of outings, I did register that I was getting around 29 and 30 fps at 1280x960 using Firecapture and everything seem stable.:thumbsup:

The only crash occurred when I was nosing around the system and “ticked” the AVI greater than 4GB box in one of the panels and then hit record – the app just closed. When I re-opened it the box was unchecked (i.e. it didn’t stick) and all appeared normal.

Cheers

Dennis

[Larryp]

Wow! Detail is superb-great work!

[Star Catcher]

Well Dennis that is a keeper!! :)

Ted

[Paul Haese]

Well done dude, love the detail.

[RickS]

Wowie, Dennis! That's fantastically sharp.

[Derek Klepp]

I was hoping you,d get this.Great pic as are the moon pics in the other post.

[strongmanmike]

Sharp as! details galore, excellent :thumbsup:

Mike

[Dennis]

Thanks Laurie, Ted, Paul, Rick, Derek & big Mike – it’s good to see you marathon, multi-week exposure, Deep Sky LRGB guys dropping into the sub-millisecond sub forums every once in a while!;):)

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Incredible resolution! Nice work.

[iceman]

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au)!

[jsmoraes]

Really, a fantastic nice sharp capture. Many congratulations. And with an ASI, it call my attention to try with more effort.
Thank you for sharing it. :thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Thanks for putting this on the front door Mike!:)



Thank you Jorge – it is quite humbling when the live, unprocessed, on-screen image shows nice details when the seeing is being so kind!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[EricB]

Congratulations Dennis:thumbsup:

Eric