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20220520 Testing TOPAZ SHARPEN AI ...

click on this link for PST alone, Double stack : PST and SM40, PST & SM90 ... NEW setups !!

Sun Halpha with the STL1000M

New process chain to broadcast live registered, enhanced H-alpha solar images ...

General H-alpha Sun Gallery... also see the Astromovies pages !

click here for pictures of the setup (in 3D)

click here for solar orientation (picture done with the PST and PL1-M CCD camera)

20200724
No more Newton Rings ... Easy and Free !!

Camera is simply tilted in Televue 4x, 2", Barlow !

Results (albeit poor seeing) :

FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI174MM
Filter=L
Profile=Sun
Filename=Sun_103103.ser
Date=240720
Start=103033.579
Mid=103103.624
End=103133.670
Start(UT)=073033.579
Mid(UT)=073103.624
End(UT)=073133.670
Duration=60.091s
LT=UT +2h
Frames captured=3610
File type=SER
Binning=no
ROI=1936x1216
ROI(Offset)=0x0
FPS (avg.)=60
Shutter=10.00ms
Gain=222 (55%)
FPS=100 (off)
AutoGain=off
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
Gamma=100
Brightness=0 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
Histogramm(max)=3123
Histogramm=76%
Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a
Limit=60 Secondes
Sensor temperature=50.1°C
FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI174MM
Filter=L
Profile=Sun
Filename=Sun_102724.ser
Date=240720
Start=102654.944
Mid=102724.951
End=102754.958
Start(UT)=072654.944
Mid(UT)=072724.951
End(UT)=072754.958
Duration=60.014s
LT=UT +2h
Frames captured=5628
File type=SER
Binning=no
ROI=736x662
ROI(Offset)=520x224
FPS (avg.)=93
Shutter=10.00ms
Gain=222 (55%)
FPS=100 (off)
AutoGain=off
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
Gamma=100
Brightness=0 (off)
USBTraffic=80 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
Histogramm(min)=638
Histogramm(max)=3061
Histogramm=74%
Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a
Limit=60 Secondes
Sensor temperature=45.8°C

 

20200607 .. 0612

Sun spot AR2765 the first nice one for the new solar cycle !
calm ...
Fluo PV 102/900, Coronado SM90 + T-Max 90 tuner + BF 30, Barlow 1.6x

NEW ! Fiding zone and focusing at the telescope : on smartphone using Teamviewer !

FireCapture v2.6 Settings : Camera=ZWO ASI120MM-S Filter=L Profile=Sun Date=110620 Mid=121354.822 Mid(UT)=091354.822 Duration=60.019s
LT=UT +2h Frames captured=1736 File type=SER Binning=no FPS (avg.)=28 Shutter=3.000ms Gain=52 (52%) Gamma=100
AutoHisto=75 (off) Brightness=0 (off) Histogramm(min)=611 Histogramm(max)=3193 Histogramm=77% Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a Limit=60 Secondes Sensor temperature=39.5°C
Autostakkert!3, 2% kept, 35% original in convolution, TIFF
Luminar3 : personalized

Click images for full size !

20200607 / here only : Coronado PST with 2x extender / late afternoon

20200608
20200609
20200610
20200611
20200612 (T-Max 90 tuner tilted)

 

 

 

20130424

fullsize

20130414

Fluorite PV 100/900, Coronado SM90, DMK31, ManiMax 1.6 barlow
Conditions : contrails

Software used : Videos Sky (E. Rietsch) for capturing, Autostakkert2 (registration), Registax6 (wavelets, curves), GIMP2 (colorization)

(14-45-15 UT)

(14-54-34UT)


click on image for processing secrets :)

20130403
Mosaic of seven fields
Fluorite PV 100/900, Coronado SM90, DMK31
Conditions rather difficult (clouds coming)

Software used : Videos Sky (E. Rietsch) for capturing 500 frames / 7 fields), Autostakkert2 (registration), Registax6 (wavelets, histogram), PSP (mosaic), GIMP2 (colorization)
click on image for full size image

From the same acquisitions, around large sunspot AR1711 done with drizzle in RegiStax6. Image is squared like described in this special page ...
SHASM90_03-04-2013_14-55-22_WSL1_0GL_WVb250g160v804_GA137_HIRGB_57_219_G137_LMIX_R298G587B114-DRZSquareColorGauss'5HD.jpg

20120314 M2 flare (sunspot 1432)

Coronado SM-TM90, PerlVixen Fluorite 100/900, 1.6x Magni-Max AC555, DMK21,
Astrosnap-Pro (each file image is from 200 live registered coadded enhanced buffered frames, saving every 100 frames)
see also a small solar fart :)

 

2011/11/14

Work with regiStax6 on the acquired AVIs is going on (more than a terabyte of uncompressed data !)
and here are the two first astromovies covering the time when the seeing was at nicest ...

Left click to see once or much better right click on thumbnail to download it in Divx and open it with Windows Media Player with repeat turned ON (tested Ok)
or other equivalent software
(Note : strictly for personal use only !)

click here for .MOV and parts 1+2 :

and also I converted a longer astromovie .WMV (note 14MB) and .MOV

20151111, StarMax 2.5 MovingMax result = trajectory visualisation inside the prominence : Right click AVI or MOV to download ([63 MBytes]

 

Latest development : A time resolution of 1s / image (2000 frames = 2000 secondes of real time (remaining 8000 more seconds to process !)
Each frame of this astromovie shown at 100fps is the result of the registration of 60 original frames with registax6
Multiple use of RegiStax5 with diminishing registering zones (256 then 128 then 64) and VirtualDub to create a rather nicely aligned final movie...

Left click to visualize or right click to download...
Wide angle of the prominence WMV MOV formats
"Head" vortex special WMV MOV formats with an histogram of 20-160 and a gamma of 1.2

This amateur observation has been useful for a scientific publication :
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3F931255DABF5A497807D88BABB6315A/S1743921313011423a.pdf/div-class-title-3d-dynamical-structuring-of-a-high-latitude-erupting-prominence-ii-analysis-of-the-coronal-context-and-eruption-div.pdf

 

I have been asked a detailed step by step procedure ... here it is :)

BTW I am now redoing all the data processing (will takes days of computing) to achieve a 1s time lapse resolution ...
The goal is to have precise data ready to be used for research purposes in order to study movements and masses concerned
on this incredibly huge prominence I was lucky to be able to image !


Fast evolving giant "Diplodocus" prominence 2011/11/14 Left 11:53 UT & Right 12:23 UT [clear sky]
Coronado SM90, PerlVixen Fluorite refractor at 2250mm (Televue Powermate 1 1/4" 2.5x), DMK21AF04.AS (moded ALA618),
RegiStax6 & Corono software to eliminate the extra white space
I hope to be able to present a long animation later showing flow of plasma (Many Gb of data to process !)

Fast evolving giant prominence "Lama" and "Alpine Ibex" prominences at 13:03 and 13:55 UT [more contrails in sky]

14:34 UT (contrails + incoming clouds, glad I still get some signal (IR picture) !

 

 

2011/11/13

 

 

Two nice prominences (2011/11/13) . The one of the left I nicknamed "the Dancers" and the right one "Forest of Fire" !
Coronado SM90, PerlVixen Fluorite refractor at 3600mm (Televue Powermate 2" 4x), DMK21AF04.AS (moded ALA618), RegiStax6 & Corono software to eliminate the extra white space

 

Same prominence at 2250mm (Televue Powermate 1 1/4" 2.5x) at the start of acquisitions...
Below I hope to be able to present a ~2 hour astromovie

see or download full size astromovie with link below:
.MOV (3.5MB)

 

2009 ...

20090318
Coronado SM90, Perl-Vixen fluo 100/900 @ prime focus
Mosaic of 4 images taken with a Lumenera Skynix2-1m
AVIs with K3CCD, aranged in PSP
Click on image for full size (2Mo)

 

Blank Sun
Exposure 50ms 800 ISO (CRW). 35 images registered in RegStax5 via gravity mode.
Below another processing in grey tones intended for the disk only ... (click on image for larger original size !)

Blank Sun,
Defiltered Canon300D, Coronado SM90, Perl-Vixen fluo 100/900, 5ms 100 ISO / 20081219

 

Solar Eclipse (annular in Spain ...) at maximum
20051003/09:02UT
Canon10D, Coronado SM90, Perl-Vixen fluo 100/900, 0.3s at 400ISO
click on image for larger one (200Ko)

 


SolsticeSun
Posted on Spaceweather.com on page 2004/12/21)
Click on image to download the best resolution image I have (JPG-450Ko)

Canon10D, Coronado SM90, Perl-Vixen fluo 100/900, 2x Meade Barlow  used at 1.6 with special adapter from O.MArechal

 


Coronado SM90, Perl-Vixen fluo 100/900, 2x Meade Barlow  used at 1.6 with special adapter from O.MArechal,
 Canon 10D, 100 images .25s, 400ISO, JPG large fine, Registax2 + wavelets dichr 80 10 1 1 1 1
 

C8 with Lumicon Prominence filter, QC Pro & VC

       

QC Pro : Oct 7, 1999, 13H46 UT     Mars 6, 2000, 10H33 UT         Oct 27, 1999, 13H34 UT

Click on animations for high resolution (left 280Ko, middle 549Ko, right 580Ko)

"The Dragon" Large solar prominence
C8 and QC Pro
Sept 4, 1999, 07H36 UT
Size of Earth at same scale :

A place with prominences as shining as the Sun itself should be watched continuously. Chances to see a flare around are important in the next minutes or hours !

On Mars 6, 2000, at 09h59 UT, I aimed my Celestron 8" SCT toward the prominence seen in the middle of  first  10H33  image.The Quickcam Pro was programmed to take automatically a serie of 5 images (separated by 500ms) every min with new version of EclipsQC software of Jean-Paul GODARD. I left everything working by itself. When I came back for checking at 10h44, I saw that a prominence had suddenly grown just a little bit outside of the left part of the image ! At 10h45, I move the field of view to have it better centered and I realized at that moment that everything was changing at an unusual fast rate !  I thought to change the interval between pictures to a few seconds instead of 1 min to have a better resolution but had no time to do it ! The next image, at 10H46, was the maximum and the next one shows already signs of disappearance ! At 10h50 , it was all but disappeared. I think this phenomena enters in the category of eruptions or flares .
The panel below resumes the event shown with more details in the above animation.Comments are welcomed !

Size of Earth at same scale :

Evolution of a  large quiet prominence
C8 at focal plane with Qcam Pro. Times UT
(EclipseQC, Aviedit, PSP5)
(PSP5 : resize 211x88, um 1/500, soften, Gamma, Lum/contrast, colorize)
Size of Earth at same scale :


What is still visible of this prominence, March 19, 2000 , 11H39 UT
C8, VC at focal plane

 

 
Shepherd & his dog
(2000 02 02) 
Cathedral
(1999 12 05)
Cave 
(2000 03 27)
Fungus
(1999 12 10)


 

 Solar floating prominence changes in H alpha,
  Jan 25, 2000, 11H48 -> 13h40 UT , Quickcam VC

The "Snowboarder"
 

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