Altocumulus

The potential is there! You have, at least, a prom..... Have you tried flats to sort out Newton, and what cam is this?

Brilliant to watch. The area on the right appears to be rotating...

Thanks all. I'll swop them round and use the 174 on the other 'scope, and the 178 on the LS60 - snag is I don't find the 178 particularly fast - at least not this altairastro version. It's supposed to be ~50fps full frame, but I barely manage ~6fps......I'll experiment, though not for a day or two, it's supposed to be raining here tomorrow. In the meantime I discovered, today, my Lunt is losing pressure, so that'll have to be checked...I think I have some grease to go with spare "O"-rings.

Did you have any better luck? For the second day running I've not been able to stitch two separate 6 panels (serpentine) in Ca-K. All processed in imppg first. On both occasions I can stitch the top three and it refuses to accept the bottom three. I tried doing the top alone, then the bottom - but t doesn't seem to like shots across the base of the disc. ICE and PS both come up with the same 'problem'.

And yet the 174 is supposed to be a commonly used cam on the L60...

I get the 'sparkles' on a snapshot, before I've even done any post-work.

I had to add a 2inch adapter between the module and the camera - I was getting large illumination problems all over the image. At least it 'cured' that particular issue.

My wife keeps laughing at me. Thousands of pounds of scopes and cameras - and I keep wrapping the ends with tatty plastic bags and elastic bands!

Brilliant. How was the risotto

Thanks Richard. The image artifacts is a new one - lots of small spikes tangential to the curve. One the attaching, I just screw the 174 body directly onto the module. 'tis a steep learning curve from the 120MM.

Why convert ser to avi? AS3 works with ser files - Just wondered..... Nice start, though.... I use the AltairAtro version of this 178 - still early days but my version seems a little slow....

Another 'bouncy' day with the old Sun this morning. Two questions, if I may. 1) I've started to notice some linear artifacts around the rim of my images - This is a snapshot, but all my frames are similarly affected and AS3 produces a stack that's no better! Can anyone shed some light? You will probably have to blow it up a wee bit to see. 2) For those who do use a 174MM on their Lunt 60 - how do you attach it? Direct to the blocking module, or with spacers.

Better than mine! Pop into the Solar Imaging section, there's a few techniques on display there. What 'scope is this on?

Just spotted a flare on Ca-K, but on a very bouncy limb! Have had to stop for now, it's too turbulent. Hopefully I might be able to tease something out...

Looks like you might have better seeing conditions than I do. There's a lot of thin cirrus and obvious turbulence. Slightly better on Ca-K than Ha.

From a session this morning. AltairAstro 178MM, Lunt Ca-K Module on William Optics 102GT. Mosaic of 10 subs. Processed AS3, imppg, ICE, coloured via Luminar3, minimal adjustments (There was a short lived prom showing on Ha around 0930UTC, but I can't tease it out from the SER files, as yet. It only lasted at most 10 minutes. I have some peculiar horizontal artifacts on the limb.) 29May2020_0928_L.tif

Indeed awesome. I missed out, once the cloud cleared I was in the vegetable patch. Looks promising this morning, though....

Aw dang it, more clouds! Solar panel charged as well! Sheesh even fewer days with no clouds..... Chuckles - I'll leave others to chip in - I only have the Lunt 60SS.....Good luck Dave....

Lovely picture, though. Thanks for sharing. Here's one to aspire to ..... https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/halo-phenomena.html

Nice! I assume your interest in a Solarquest is purely because you have no other mount that is/can be motorised? I use an NEQ6, Ciel gets me to the Sun and, by syncing, I stay on the Sun.

Even with single images one can just about see movement.

Oi!

Good ones. We have sun, too, but it's veiled in a layer of cirrostratus, with me and stratocumulus below. Which camera?

Holy wotsits!