SOL - 6th May 2020 - First light for new camera

[TakMan]

Picked up a Basler acA1920-155um a week or so ago second hand. Currently using Basler's own 'industry' software which doesn't offer any movie save out function, so I'm working with individual .tif files... thousands of 'em! (Hopefully James will be able to support the camera with OACapture on the Mac in the future)...

TSA102s > Internal Baader UV/IR > Chromo Quark > Camera (so no reducer than previous goes with the DMK41). Running around 80fps which makes a nice change from just 15! All on my less than perfect tracking alt/az Nova Hitch mount.

First image was from the 'first light' images off the camera at 8.41 this morning, 100 frames from 1400+, second 150 frames from 1660. Unlike OACapture, the software isn't overly straightforward, so I'm not quite sure what gain and gamma settings were best to use, I just tried to keep the gain low (12 from 36), gamma set to 1 (I think it goes from 0 - 4) and 10-12ms exposure. The histogram roughly in the middle... no helpful .txt file saved out with the capture, unlike OAc...

Processed in AS!2 and ImPPG (via Wine - Mac) and the PS 2017CC

Pleased so far but plenty to learn!

Damian

 

8.41am

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8.51am

Edited May 6, 2020 by TakMan

[Pete Presland]

What a great start with the camera, lovely faint wispy details there!

[Kitsunegari]

great capture,  you will have great fun with this.  (interesting to see you are using a mac)

 

 

[Montana]

Beautiful!!! but surely it should capture video with the Basler software, it is a video camera?

Alexandra

[TakMan]

Thanks all...

Here is another, from 9.16am. 300 stacked from 1660.

Still trying to hone ImPPG, still not satisfied with the transition from the edge to the main solar disk... Perhaps will have to process the two elements separately in ImPPG and recombine in Ps.

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