HA Sun 13th December

[Star Catcher]

In recent times, I have not been happy with the imaging results from my HA imaging for solar as I was getting poor contrast and details. The other day I checked the green filter in my blocking diagonal and found it to be frosted white with oxidation.

After a cleanup I got some good conditions for testing and the result was good enough to post here. Taken with a Lunt 80 in DS mode, 2.5X Powermate and Basler Ace 174 chipped sensor. A stack of the best 400 frames from 5000 taken.

Solar maximum brings so many active regions and filaments. It is eye candy for solar imagers. :)

Ted

Image Link FLICKR (https://www.flickr.com/photos/74075989@N00/54203089735/in/dateposted/)

[GUS.K]

Nice capture Ted. There is a large prom this morning as well as some nice spots in WL.

[Star Catcher]

Thanks!

I did go out and check it around 4pm today. It was still going :)

[Peter Ward]

Excellent result Ted. :thumbsup:

[Star Catcher]

Thanks Peter, I was happy to get back to how I expect my gear to perform. I cannot believe how quickly the green filter had frosted over and here is me blaming the sky transparency :)