Wednesday 14 September 2016

Monster Prominence 3.5 Hour Animation (Ha)

My biggest animation yet, with a 100,000km prominence:

Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, 2x Barlow
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 25% of 500 frames, 174 frames, 30s intervals.
Date: 11th September 2016, 09:52 -  13:17BST (08:52 - 12:17UT)

Saturday 10 September 2016

Prominence Animation Ha 3rd September 2016

Animation of prominences with solar disk masked:
Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, 2x Barlow
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 25% of 500 frames, 41 frames, 30s intervals.
Date: 3rd September 2016, 09:52 - 10:45BST (08:52 - 09:45UT)

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Animation of AR12585 Ha 3rd September 2016

Animation of AR2585, plus filament and prominences.



Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, 2x Barlow
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 25% of 500 frames, 31 frames, 30s intervals.
Date: 3rd September 2016, 08:34 - 09:19BST (07:34 - 08:19UT)

Saturday 3 September 2016

AR12585 Ha 3rd September 2016

Great view this morning with prominences, filaments, sunspots and plages.




Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, (2x Barlow for close-up images)
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 75% of 500 frames
Date: 3rd September 2016, 08:04 - 08:21BST (07:04 - 07:21UT)

Sunday 17 July 2016

AR12565/67 Ha 17th July 2016

Seeing was not so great this afternoon, but I took the first decent opportunity since May to grab these:





Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, 2x Barlow
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 25% of 500 frames
Date: 17th July 2016, 15:11BST (14:11UT)

Saturday 25 June 2016

Another Mercury Transit Image

Another Mercury transit image.  I've adjusted my processing routine to add MLT to the process, and trying out a different false colour scheme.



Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 75% of 500 frames
Date: 9th May 2016, 13:48BST (13:48UT)

Monday 9 May 2016

Transit of Mercury, 9th May 2016

Mercury begins its transit across the face of the sun.


Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT
Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod
Processing: AutoStakkert! 2, PixInsight 1.8, best 25% of 500 frames
Date: 9th May 2016, 12:14BST (11:14UT)