AR2741 Close up HA Animation 13.05.2019 a.m.

[Macavity]

AR2741 HA Animation ED80/Lunt50 Frankenscope 2x Barlow f=1200mm
13.05.2019 approx. 10:00-11:30 20x1min stacks @ 4min intervals -> 5fps! 

Not tried animation for a while. so some cut corners are evident!  
(Certainly needs FLATS to reduce faint NRs and the odd "blob"). 😜
Not bad seeing, but eventually contrails limited run to ~80min!

Should we issue a "flashing images" warning? 😸



P.S.  Which software are people using for Solar Animations these days? 🤔
 

[Pete Presland]

I wouldn't want to look at it for too long 😀 but it shows just how dynamic our nearest star is.

I think last time I did one, I used an online GIF maker.       

[David Smith]

Very nice Chris

[Hughsie]

Hi Chris, very interesting and thank you for sharing. 

I am interested in doing something similar so just wanted to pick your brains on what you have done. If I am reading this right the workflow is;

1) Take a 1 minute avi

2) Stack Avi frames for the 1 minute film with a flat.

3) Output is a single stacked frame.

Repeat step 1 every 4 min, in your case 20 times.

Combine each of the 20 frames into ‘gif’ software to create the animation?

[xtreemchaos]

great animation Chris, i havnt done one in ages with the darn weather. well done.  charl.  ps i use Pippand tidy in photoshop

[Macavity]

Thanks, Charl. 🙂

I have finally graduated to doing time lapse via FireCapture "RUN" icon. 😎
I think I might actually find a "Flat Field" from the previous day's efforts... 
Did image alignment *manually* in GIMP... Tedious, but a "no-brainer"? lol

Reminds me that my HEQ5 does indeed "wander about" quite a lot tho...
Last time I tightened the worm drive collars...  Another thing I must DO! 😛