Sun July 3rd

[Robny]

Taken this afternoon, nothing compared to some displayed here but still very much learning, so be kind

Lunt 60PT B1200

QHY5-II Mono

Manfrotto Triman Tripod

Video Head

PIPP - Sharpcap - CS6

150 frames

 

[xtreemchaos]

thats a lovely image mate,theres loads of imfo in it,well done.thanks for sharing..charl..

[Montana]

Great image!! :) it certainly looks nice weather out there, pity I am not at home.

Was this taken this morning? or time travel

Alexandra

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice one. I think you might get a bit more detail out of it with something like ImPPG's LR deconvolution for sharpening

[Robny]

Great image!! :) it certainly looks nice weather out there, pity I am not at home.

Was this taken this morning? or time travel

Alexandra

Haha - Was definitely this morning around 9:30 - 10:00am is, timed it right because now its pretty much wall to wall cloud

[Robny]

ImPPG's LR deconvolution for sharpening

Thank you

Sorry, what is  ImPPG LR?

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Thank you

Sorry, what is  ImPPG LR?

LR deconvolution is shorthand for Lucy-Richardson deconvolution. It is a pretty robust sharpening method that assumes you know something about the inevitable blur in your system. The implementation in ImPPG, a freeware program developed by an SGL member, assumes the blur is Gaussian, and you only have to enter the sigma value (and number of iteration, but that I keep fixed). Works a treat

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

There are also some examples of its use here:

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/242304-a-short-guide-to-my-solar-image-processing-from-raw-data-to-single-pane/

[Davey-T]

Coming along a treat Rob, you just need to invest in a tracking mount.

I have a Sky Watcher Star adventurer which has a Solar tracking mode, I've used it with the Quark and 80mm refractor but haven't tried it with the LS60 which is a bit weighty but must give it a try to see if it's usable.

Dave

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

+1 for a tracking mount. Makes life so much easier

[Robny]

Coming along a treat Rob, you just need to invest in a tracking mount.

I have a Sky Watcher Star adventurer which has a Solar tracking mode, I've used it with the Quark and 80mm refractor but haven't tried it with the LS60 which is a bit weighty but must give it a try to see if it's usable.

Dave

+1 for a tracking mount. Makes life so much easier

I agree, just got to convince the lovely wife

Here is an reprocessed image, left B&W using ImPPG and I think I love it, thanks for sharing.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That looks brilliant!!

[David Smith]

Great shot Rob.

[paulastro]

I really like that Rob, really nice, thank you.

[Davey-T]

Excellent Rob, don't show your wife as she'll say "why do you need a new mount" 

Dave

[Freddie]

That's a nice shot and good improvement over the original.

[Robny]

Coming along a treat Rob, you just need to invest in a tracking mount.

I have a Sky Watcher Star adventurer which has a Solar tracking mode, I've used it with the Quark and 80mm refractor but haven't tried it with the LS60 which is a bit weighty but must give it a try to see if it's usable.

Dave

Hi Dave

Please let me know when you do, I have been looking over the past week at these with the sole intention of using it for the LS60.  It looks encouraging, but as this will be its only useage I want to make sure its up to the job.

Thanks

Rob

[Ibbo!]

great improvement

[Pete Presland]

Looks very good to me nicely done.