19.07.2016 A/R 2565/67 white light

[Pete Presland]

Took a while to get around to processing these from an early morning "work carpark" session. The seeing was pretty good as well.

A 2 pane mosaic with my Celestron ED80, DMK21au618, ND5 filter, No58 filter. 3500 frames stacked 10% in A/S2 merged in ICE eventually  Hopefully I will get one more look before it disappears around the limb!

[xtreemchaos]

outstanding shots Pete,the fine detail is amazing mate. well done, hope we get good skys tomorrow for a last few shots.thanks,  charl.

[Iainp]

Lovely! Wish I could get the granulation the way you have in White Light. I don't have a dark green filter, but have a light blue one. Will that help bring out detail, do you think?  Fingers crossed for a last go at this super area. Wonder when the next good one will be... 

Iain 

[Pete Presland]

3 minutes ago, Iainp said:

Lovely! Wish I could get the granulation the way you have in White Light. I don't have a dark green filter, but have a light blue one. Will that help bring out detail, do you think?  Fingers crossed for a last go at this super area. Wonder when the next good one will be... 

Iain 

I was to using a oiii filter, then I tried the NO58 dark green. I  was initially surprised by how dramatically I had to change the settings (exposure) for the green filter. It was also very obvious on screen that the filter was a massive improvement.

I would give the blue a go, nothing ventured as they say. I did think about by a Baader continuum filter, but I not sure if it would be much more of an improvement on the green.

[Davey-T]

Superb WL close up Pete, lovely detail.

Dave

[Iainp]

Thanks I'll give that a go, and let you know. OIII for solar?? That's a new idea for me. I've got one, so will try that too with Baader film.

 

[Pete Presland]

9 minutes ago, Iainp said:

Thanks I'll give that a go, and let you know. OIII for solar?? That's a new idea for me. I've got one, so will try that too with Baader film.

 

Not sure why I tried it to be honest. I think it was because the image was so bright with the ND5 Baader film and I was just trying to darken it a little.

[Iainp]

A search online suggests it can give interesting results, and a HA filter too . Some comparison images here:

http://dailysolar.weebly.com/white-light-imaging-with-narrowband-filters.html

[Owmuchonomy]

I always use a No 56 for WL. I own an OIII though.  Interesting thought.

[David Smith]

Wow Pete, that's spectacular!

[Pete Presland]

7 hours ago, Iainp said:

A search online suggests it can give interesting results, and a HA filter too . Some comparison images here:

http://dailysolar.weebly.com/white-light-imaging-with-narrowband-filters.html

Thanks for sharing that a very interesting article.

[Iainp]

I'm looking forward to experimenting with filters, Pete. Unfortunately there's an extremely efficient filter overhead all day here   

 

[Pete Presland]

Looking a bit better around dinnertime and tomorrow.

I wish I had kept my x5 Powermate for close in white light images.  

[laudropb]

Great detail captured.

[cshahar]

Excellent Pete. The detail and sharpness is really impressive!

-Charles