My first Solar mosaic with colour!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

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 (Al)]

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 (Bob)]

Tha is a very good ordinary Image Matt

[Derek Klepp]

Looks good Matt

[Jay-qu]

Wow.. the detail is spectacular

[cybereye (Mario)]

Matt,

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

Cheers,
Mario

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Looks great Matt!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark (Trevor)]

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.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

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

[asimov (John)]

Lovely work Matt!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

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 (Ivan)]

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 (Michael)]

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

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

Mike
PS. BTW Here is Attila - on the right

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

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

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

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

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

Mike
PS. BTW Here is Attila - on the right

[yusufcam (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

I had another crack yesterday- Lunt60DS, DMK31 prime focus, 4 panel mosaic - I think a touch better?

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 (Arek)]

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

Arek

[Frewi808 (Freddy)]

Simply amazing Mat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!