Leebert Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Over the Bank Holiday weekend, I went for my largest solar mosaic to date. 20 panels with an original mono QHY5 and barlow nosepiece on a PST and HEQ5.Unfortunately, every video file bar one suffered from Newton's rings - an optical interference pattern. This weekend, I experimented with different cameras to see if I could resolve the effect of Newton's rings. I finally went for a smaller 10 panel mosaic with a colour QHY5-II camera. Not ideal for solar work but I think the result turned out okay considering.The only problem I have now is a want for greater aperture to gain more resolution. Aperture fever strikes again!Cheers,LeeSolar mosaic by MrLeebert, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allcart Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 20 panel mosaic with a pst !! I commend your dedication to the cause Lee. You have more patience than I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Very nice James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montana Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Very nice indeed, well worth the effort Alexandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebert Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Thank you for the kind comments.20 panel mosaic with a pst !! I commend your dedication to the cause Lee. You have more patience than I.The original reason was to try using EQ Mosaic and see how it worked. I had a few goes at getting the field of view correct but this soon escalated into a bigger project (don't they always!). The intention was to use the area of the PST 'sweetspot' in the centre of each panel and have plenty of overlap so I could crop them down when I stitched the images together. This was the reason for the large number of mosaic panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Stunning effort. Really great image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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