Sunday, October 11, 2020

Solar Imaging

 







We've had nothing but rain all weekend, but with fantastic conditions a week ago I had plenty to work on with lots of solar images and one good night to capture a long-departed star in the form of Messier 57 (Ring Nebula).

Photo Details
Messier 57
October 2, 2020
Orion 8" Astrograph on VX Mount
SBIG STF-8300C Camera
Baader MPC Mark III Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector
Skyglow filter
29 subframes at 3 minutes/frame
Total Exposure Time = 1 hour 27 minutes
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop

Solar Images
October 3, 2020
Lunt 60 mm Pressure Tuned Telescope
ZWO ASI178MM 
SharpCap - 8 Bit Mono
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

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