Solar System objects

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superiorstream
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Re: Solar System objects

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Hi Alvin
Nice pic.Well concerning the sun......we still
have a continously spotted sun......and I am
still waiting for the first SPOTLESS SUN to
appear. Then we can be totally sure that
this cycle is coming to an end.
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Great Red Spot
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A long time since I last imaged the sun. Here's today's sun in white light.

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I recently sold my tracking mount. But I found out that I could still get a reasonable image by letting the object drift across the field of view. Free and easy. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOoRUmN ... e=youtu.be

Equipment used:
1. William Optics Zenithstar 66SD
2. Baader White Light solar filter
3. Takahashi 0.8x reducer/flattener
4. ASI120MC
5. DSV-M mount on Berlebach 112 tripod

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KKK26
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Nice DSV-Mb Alvin :)
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laila128
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Very nice images
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Great Red Spot
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From 60 photos taken 2 mins apart :)

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Mibmom
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Fantastic shots Alvin.
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
~ Serenity
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Great Red Spot
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Here's a cleaner version
Painstakingly adjusted exposure for each frame and removed the cloudy bit

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Great Red Spot
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Sun, 28 March 2016

Full sun disc
Equipment: Takahashi FS60, Lunt Herschel wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter, ASI120MC
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Close ups (stacked)
Equipment: Borg 101EDII, Lunt Herschel wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter, ASI120MC
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Great Red Spot
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Sunspot AR2529 (size of several Earths)
13/4/2016, Singapore
Imaged in 540nm wavelength (green)
Equipment: Takahashi FS60, ZWO ASI120MC, Lunt Herschel wedge, Baader ND3.0, Solar Continuum, UV/IR cut, HH FTQ ... no tracking :)

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PETER LOO
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Nice work Alvin,

i just started to do solar imaging, below is my 2nd attempt on 17 Apr 2016 with PST - DS, not able to get a good focus with my Canon 500D with 2X Barlow, had cut down the length of nose piece and hope to try again tomorrow, meanwhile, will like to consult you how normally people use web cam to do a full sun disk ? i read some use drifting method, and some do mosaic, is there other method which is also quite effective such as stacking a few pics together taking reference from a say sun-spot ? Thanks

ImageSum Surface detail by Peter Loo, on Flickr
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