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  1. Absolutely beautiful images Ella I'm so glad you are back, I have been quite worried but didn't know who to ask. Anyway, best wishes and hope you get well soon. Enjoy the sunshine Alexandra
  2. I'm not sure if this counts but I did an analemma from my back garden but it took me years to complete due to cloudy weather. You have to be absolutely on the second accurate and if the Sun doesn't shine you have to wait for another year, it takes ages! I took this over a period of mainly 2016 and then 2017,18 and 19 to fill the gaps. I used the location of my image as the backdrop, I didn't know I could go elsewhere to super-impose it. The image is therefore the genuine view. here are the links, they were all taken at 11:00 GMT Alexandra
  3. Thanks, that works. That makes no sense? I check all programs as run as administrator as default. For Firecapture if you don't, none of the settings are saved, Autostakkert also won't run unless run as administrator. So for this program it won't work if you are running as administrator. I'm lost. But, thanks a million, it works!! Alexandra
  4. I was wondering if anyone could help me solve this. I have used Deep Sky stacker for many years with no problems. Recently my computer died after a Dell Bios update. Dell replaced the motherboard and Itel graphics card but as a result everything was wiped clean. I have reinstalled all my programs so far but Deep Sky Stacker refuses to work. I installed the latest version 4.2.6. Set as run as administrator. The program opens fine, I load all my images in, check all, register checked images. When I press go the program immediately closes. I checked my Bitdefender and the permissions are set to allow it to run. I have reinstalled a couple of times and it still instantly shuts down when you press go. Have I missed something, I don't know where to go from here. Many thanks for your help Alexandra
  5. Fabulous Ken, thanks for the link! I need a good read of this to see whether I would be intelligent enough to do this. I'm not very good at making things (failed completely with the PST mod) Alexandra
  6. They work very well indeed I wish I had your seeing (and some actual sunshine ) Alexandra
  7. Wow!! that's a cracker!! Alexandra
  8. The tighter your bandwidth in the K line the more the filaments will stand out in CaK. If you look at spectroheliograph images in CaK, the filaments stand out as distinct black lines similar to Halpha. They are lines of neutral magnetic field. We can usually never see them as the Lunt and Coronado CaK are not narrow enough. You are obviously getting (but not quite) towards the optimum narrow bandwidth. You should build a spectroheliograph Alexandra
  9. You managed 12 captures in 2 minutes, most of us would miss this in just one stack!! that is phenomenal!! and has really made me think what we are missing to achieve a good single image. Well done, this is probably the best thing I have ever seen in all my years in solar astronomy. Alexandra
  10. Apollo, you have the best CaK animations in the world It is great to see everyone's best ever, together. They don't come about every year but these are my best two Can't post BB code or html doesn't work. What has changed? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50326981643_249b849d06_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/567/21901673958_5a6989e784_b.jpg BB code used to work and was so simple. I have tried every link from Flickr possible and nothing works anymore. Pity. How Rusted? please do share Alexandra
  11. Wow!! that is incredible! how did you know about the broadcast? what else do you download 😉 Alexandra
  12. I just buy mine (easier) https://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-science-gadgets-models-toys/solarcan-ready-to-use-solargraphy-camera.html Alexandra
  13. First, well done on the Solarcan, it is always so exciting to break it open and see the paper with lines on. Second, don't angle the next one keep it straight. This is a camera obscura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura Therefore, the image is produced upside down. So to raise the height of your solar tracks you need to maintain the can in a straight position but you must move the pin hole upwards. I tried this this year and managed to get more tracks but still not high enough. I made my hole exactly half way between the middle and the top. I tried to get it higher but couldn't get the pin through, I think maybe I hit a fixture inside. I need to try again and get higher. Try to understand the wiki post and you will understand what I mean. I also got the star reflections with mine using the middle provided pin hole so I think it is something to with the set up. I didn't get it this year with my own pinhole. Middle pin hole 2019-12-24 Solarcan by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Pin hole moved higher up can Solarcan 2020 negative by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Alexandra
  14. Hi Richard, if you click on the link above you will see what I bought https://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-science-gadgets-models-toys/solarcan-ready-to-use-solargraphy-camera.html all the information is at the bottom of the page. It is Ilford's photographic paper Alexandra
  15. My Solarcan finished on the 21st December and on Christmas day I cut it open. It was a little wet inside with 1ml of water but I think that was from all the storms we had in summer. I had to let the paper dry in a drawer for half an hour and then it scanned in OK. I am much happier with the position of the pin hole this year. Last year I used the standard in the middle, this year I added one half way between middle and the top (3/4 upwards) and this worked a lot better. I still think I could raise the hole higher. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/other-science-gadgets-models-toys/solarcan-ready-to-use-solargraphy-camera.html Solarcan 2020 negative by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Straight out of the can view Solarcan 2020 original by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr This was the 2019 version with the standard middle pin hole 2019-12-24 Solarcan by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Alexandra
  16. By the way, you only need to expose for 6 months, everything else thereafter is just overwriting previous exposures tracks. There is nothing to be gained for leaving it for 8 and half years, unless of course you live in the most cloudy part of the world in existence Alexandra
  17. I buy all mine from FLO Luke My next one is due off on Christmas eve. Like the above image all the summer trails are knocked off, so this year I experimented by not using the hole that comes with the can and I have placed another half way up the can to see if I get more of the summer trails. We shall see....... This was last years attempt which I was pleased with but disappointed with at the same time. I would be disappointed after 2 and half years too! 2019-12-24 Solarcan by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr The can from FLO Alexandra
  18. Luke, the reason for not seeing the proms in the single stack and seeing them in the double stack is because the dynamic range changes. The eyeball in single stack can see the proms more easily but the dynamic range is large and therefore bad for the camera. In double stack the whole image is darker but more even and therefore the dynamic range is closer together so the camera can see the surface and the proms together. The Chameleon is excellent for the PST (better pixel size for resolution) but the Newton's rings are horrible! I'm getting there with the help of software for pattern suppression However the DMK41 still has better dynamic range even if the resolution is worse (and no NRs). Alexandra
  19. I have a recent comparison but I was still getting used to the PGR Chameleon and the Sun wasn't that brilliant either so the images are a bit dull. This is with the PST. Single stack Sun_115002_22_11_2020_f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Double stack 2020-11-22 full disc 1-6x Chameleon f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr Alexandra
  20. Oh that is the best transit I have ever seen!!! are they Sandhill Cranes? Alexandra
  21. These are just brilliant! Alexandra
  22. You always get the most beautiful and stunning Calcium K images and animations Alexandra
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