My first Solar mosaic with colour!

[Matt Wastell]

Hi all,

Just back from the SPSP - had a great time!

I did not get in as much solar as I initially had hoped for but I did mange to trial a 4 panel mosaic mosaic with my Lunt60 DS at prime focus. It is pretty ordinary but I know how to make things a bit better next time - I think I will use this combo for the disc shots of the Venus transit and do some close ups with the 80.

I did add colour too - a tad unusual for me.

Any comments or advice appreciated.

[sheeny]

Looking good Matt!

Looks maybe a little over cooked on the active regions, but the proms filaments are gorgeous!

Do you use curves much to bring out the contrast?

I've attached an example of a typical double hump curve I use to bring out contrast on the disk and the proms (lower hump) FYI.

Al.

[astronobob]

Tha is a very good ordinary Image Matt :thumbsup:

[Derek Klepp]

Looks good Matt

[Jay-qu]

Wow.. the detail is spectacular

[cybereye]

Matt,

I love the detail in your image - I found myself just staring at it in awe!

Cheers,
Mario

[StephenM]

Looks great Matt!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark]

Looks pretty good to me Matt, a fair bit happening on this day, lovely job indeed.

Cheers
Trevor

[trent_julie]

Nice one Matt,
There is a fair amount of detail to enjoy there

Trent

[Paul Haese]

Looks good Matt. Detail is good but as Al pointed out there is a blow out in the active regions. You're on to a good start though and that will improve.:thumbsup:

[Shiraz]

looks good to me - lots going on as well. Regards ray

[asimov]

Lovely work Matt!:thumbsup:

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks all - there is a fair bit to learn as the brightness varies across the individual images so the mosaicing processing takes some time - process before or after mosaic, lots of tweaking and some luck!
I had another crack yesterday- Lunt60DS, DMK31 prime focus, 4 panel mosaic - I think a touch better?

[lepton3]

No doubt Matt, the full disk adds drama. I liked the colour in the first one, but you have definitely improved your technique on this one.

Looking forward to more color full disk mosaics in the future!

-Ivan

[Paul Haese]

Yep it is tough getting the high and low spots flattened out and I reckon you are pretty well there. I always struggle with this on my full disks, so you are not alone with this.

[strongmanmike]

Bit late on this, great result Matt, looks really good to me :thumbsup:

Glad you got home safe, had a great time with you at SPSP...Attila :)

Mike
PS. BTW Here (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/110766126/original) is Attila - on the right :D

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks Mike - it was great hanging out at the SPSP - is Attila my doppelganger?

[yusufcam]

great image,

i find it fascinating to see the difference of the solar images through the lunt (i have a pst).

Subtly nuanced, yet oddly, different.

is the colour image representative of what it looks like at the eyepiece?

[AstroFlyer]

These are great Matt.
I like the second one better - better contrast.

Arek

[Frewi808]

Simply amazing Mat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eyepop::eyepop:

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Colin
The colour in no way represents what you see through the eyepiece - it is really red - kind of like the red in this playful testing session http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/123182801
I have heard the goal of solar imaging is to capture exactly what you see in the eyepiece - a hard thing to do!