Looping prom with chromosphere Quark, 4 Nov

[Starman]

Hi all,

Here's a shot of the lovely looping prom visible on the eastern limb today (4 Nov). Seeing wasn't great but the complexity of the feature merited staying with it. The [removed word] was taken through a Quark (chromosphere), 102mm f/9 refractor using a Lumenera Skynyx camera.

Best regards,

Pete Lawrence

[Luke]

Sweet shot, Pete, and this will hopefully reassure folks who aren't sure what proms are like with the Chromosphere flavour of the Quark!

[DrRobin]

A stunner Pete.

Robin

[Starman]

Thanks chaps. No problem with the chromosphere Quark and proms so far. Curious what the word was in my post that got removed - lol!

[Robp]

Lovely image!

I really must give some solar imaging a go

[sooot]

That is a real winner

[Pete Presland]

thats a cracking image, a lovely close up view.  the Quark (chromosphere) looks like its equally suited for surface detail and proms, i was under the impression that the Quark (chromosphere) was surface detail only?

[Joves]

I imagine you misspelled the word shot

[David Smith]

I imagine you misspelled the word shot

Very nearly did that myself the other day.

Super image Pete

[Starman]

Yes, that'll be it - typed it on my phone and the two letters in question are adjacent to one another! 

Here's a recent prom shot taken through the same setup...

[Montana]

Glorious images Pete :)

Alexandra

[Mick J]

Just repeating,  lovely shots,  nice to have something warm as the weather gets colder. Keep em coming Pete  

[Luke]

 the Quark (chromosphere) looks like its equally suited for surface detail and proms, i was under the impression that the Quark (chromosphere) was surface detail only?

Despite the product names (!) Daystar themselves say there is some crossover. You can still see proms with the Chromosphere, and you can still see some disc detail with the Prominence version. But proms will look best in the Prominence version, and disc contrast will be best with the Chromosphere.

Proms look great at the eyepiece with the Quark Chromosphere, so for me, you should always choose the Chromosphere over the Prominence version, unless you really do want to focus on the very best views of proms at the expense of less contrast on the disc itself.

The Chromosphere versions are said to vary from 0.3A to 0.5A, and I have used one that I imagine was closer to 0.3 and one closer to 0.5A. They both gave very impressive views of proms! The "0.5" was best for proms, seeming to pluck out more structure, but gave less contrast on the disc than the "0.3".

So with a Prominence version I would expect proms to be even more amazing, but the disc contrast to be getting less as well.

[David Smith]

That's the "hedge row" I was observing / imaging with the PST over the weekend. You have a bit more detail in your shot though!

[Pete Presland]

Despite the product names (!) Daystar themselves say there is some crossover. You can still see proms with the Chromosphere, and you can still see some disc detail with the Prominence version. But proms will look best in the Prominence version, and disc contrast will be best with the Chromosphere.

Proms look great at the eyepiece with the Quark Chromosphere, so for me, you should always choose the Chromosphere over the Prominence version, unless you really do want to focus on the very best views of proms at the expense of less contrast on the disc itself.

The Chromosphere versions are said to vary from 0.3A to 0.5A, and I have used one that I imagine was closer to 0.3 and one closer to 0.5A. They both gave very impressive views of proms! The "0.5" was best for proms, seeming to pluck out more structure, but gave less contrast on the disc than the "0.3".

So with a Prominence version I would expect proms to be even more amazing, but the disc contrast to be getting less as well.

if i win the lottery it will be one of each then

[Pete Presland]

i just love the image scale you get with the Quarks, particularly on the proms!

[philhas]

There is nothing sh*t about those images..superb

[Stu]

I guess the ultimate luxury would be binoviewers with a chromosphere Quark in one channel and a prominence in the other??? ;-)

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[Space Cowboy]

Great images Pete!

[Twisted Lip]

Smashing shots!

Will

[Gary085]

Hi

I know this is an older post but I was looking for info on this camera - Lumenera skynyx 2-1 M. Does anybody know if it has an ir filter in or do I need to buy one separate? Also does anyone know any free capture software that works well with it? I've got the lumenera capture programme but can not use all of the features.

Thanks

Gary.