A few from 15th May

[Drop Of Sun]

Here are a few from Sunday! I imaged with my Quark in the morning then switched to my wife's Quark around lunch time. This gave me a bit of a chance to compare our Quarks.

And here's a mini shootout between my Quark and my wife's, some hours apart and I rotated mine to match the orientation - could be that's partly why mine has more artifacts. My Quark is darker than my wife's and was shot with more gain:

I did same processing to both. I need to double check the tuning on my Quark, it should be on what I thought was best before but best I check that out! I need to double check my wife's is on best too.

Thanks for looking!

 

[David Smith]

Good set Luke. Both Quarks bring something to the party, I guess it's just a case of preference. I assume they are both Chromosphere versions.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice set of images

[Davey-T]

Nice set of images Luke, I find the problem with trying to compare things is the ever changing conditions

Dave

[Pete Presland]

Nice collection of images.

[Drop Of Sun]

2 hours ago, David Smith said:

Good set Luke. Both Quarks bring something to the party, I guess it's just a case of preference. I assume they are both Chromosphere versions.

Thanks David! Yes, they are both Chromospheres. At the eyepiece I much prefer Sarah's. It's more contrasty and shows more detail. Sarah doesn't like my one visually, she is happy with her one.

[laudropb]

Lovely set of images.

[Drop Of Sun]

2 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Nice set of images Luke, I find the problem with trying to compare things is the ever changing conditions

Dave

Thanks, Dave!

Yes anyone not used to solar imaging, please keep in mind that conditions can vary a lot from one minute to the next, this is not a very scientifc test!

The shootout result is really interesting for me as I can see from it why I find it easier to process images from Sarah's Quark. I should add that I think Sarah's Quark is very good, I would pay £1500 for it

[tich]

Ah good to see master Yoda doing a bit of Solarizing
Cracking set of images mate.

[Drop Of Sun]

Thanks for your kind comments! Tich, too kind are you! I think I am a bit more C3PO!

Here's a prom shot which I took with my Quark.

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15th May, 2016
Equinox 120, Quark, ASI174, 0.5x reducer

[dazzaa1966]

Lovely images Luke. For me your wifes Quark wins . If I was you I'd switch them while she's not looking.