July 28th solar repro of prom

[h0ughy (David)]

well i redid this today at lunch. Must fix my monitor settings at home

anyway here it is

DMK41 DS Lunt60 on titan unguided from the doghouse at 13h:16m:11s

stacked in autostakker2 touched up in photoshop

EDIT: ADDED ANOTHER COMPLETE REPRO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT METHOD WITHOUT LSD

[RB (Andrew)]

Ohhhhh, that looks terrific David.
Well done on this one mate.

[venus (Lydia)]

excellent capture David, amazing...

[tornado33]

yep very nice, the big prom looks great.
Scott

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Looks good - and angry!

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Great shot.. It's not a mosaic is it?

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by seeker372011

Great shot.. It's not a mosaic is it?

no its not, dmk41 straight onto the lunt - the full disc shots i use a 0.5 reducer

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

Ohhhhh, that looks terrific David.
Well done on this one mate.

Originally Posted by venus

excellent capture David, amazing...

Originally Posted by tornado33

yep very nice, the big prom looks great.
Scott

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Looks good - and angry!

thanks all. i am still not happy with it - i have over cooked it and slapped on some tomatoe sauce

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

You will get some classics with that set up - need a touch of practice, good conditions and lots of love! On, the Sun will need to put on a show too!

[h0ughy (David)]

ADDED A REPRO

[Peter Ward]

Not bad.

But sorry, I'm not going to be your Mum and say "that's nice dear".

I think your gear should be capable of showing much more.

I'd work on getting a larger tonal scale. (looks posterised to me), plus a tad more resolution.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Not bad.

But sorry, I'm not going to be your Mum and say "that's nice dear".

I think your gear should be capable of showing much more.

I'd work on getting a larger tonal scale. (looks posterised to me), plus a tad more resolution.

I am all ears and very glad your not my mum
So to get resolution?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

I am all ears and very glad your not my mum
So to get resolution?

Easy...try more focal length.

[iceman (Mike)]

Getting there Dave! I think it's the processing that's holding you back now - looks like you're capturing good data!

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Easy...try more focal length.

ok i will bight - what barlow to use Mr Ward? I remember Paul talking about a luminera 2 camera would that be better than the dmk41

[Paul Haese]

Try a 2x barlow. That will get you started. 3x for really steady mornings. 2x is what I use most days.

[KenGee (Kenith Gee)]

Your solar imaging is coming along Houghy.
Sorry to highjack I'm going to buy a solar telescope for imaging should I go Lunt or Meade?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

ok i will bight - what barlow to use Mr Ward? I remember Paul talking about a luminera 2 camera would that be better than the dmk41

How long is a piece of string?

I use either a Baader FFC or AP2" Barcon, but there are many other solutions out there. I've had absolutely no problems with my Luminera 2-2.

While the large chip size slows down the capture rate to about 12fps. the resulting wide field helps quite a bit for mosaics.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by KenGee

Your solar imaging is coming along Houghy.
Sorry to highjack I'm going to buy a solar telescope for imaging should I go Lunt or Meade?

I use a Coronado/Meade Etalon Pair, which I only keep using as it lets me use different telescopes but for a dedicated H-alpha rig, the Lunt PT 80mm is the best bang for buck IMHO at present.

[sheeny (Al)]

Looking good Dave. I like the repro better.

Al.