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nicoscy

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I notice in a lot of sun pictures there's no limb darkening. Is this due to a filter used or does increasing contrast in processing hide it? Beautiful pictures by the way, I'm looking forward to the increase in solar activity!

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Post processing and use of an artificial flat in Photoshop which takes under a minute to create. Workflow is not mine, it is MalVeauX who shared this:

- Copy base layer and do a Noise / Dust and Scratches: 30 Radius (or thereabouts) and merge layers, then;
- Copy base layer and do a Noise / Median Filter 45 Radius (or thereabouts) and merge layers, then;
- Copy base layer and do 3x Adjustments / Curves / Presets / Darker, then;
- Set layer to Difference and adjust opacity to find a balanced image eliminating most gradients / limb darkening and merge layers

I am still a solar noob, playing around with various processing techniques, but I do think I will direct my focus to inversions. I kind of like them more :)

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Limb darkening is more of a white light thing.
Though it certainly exists in H-a and possibly Ca.
It's most noticeable when teasing detail out of a poor image.
It darkens the edge first as you move the sliders in ImPPG.
The limb easily vanishes completely during clumsy processing.
Sometimes ending with the "Dahlia effect." :blush:

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Ah, I don't do closeups - only full disk images. Your scope supports high magnification imaging, mine is a paltry 60mm Lunt with the ASI178MM :)

Still, for someone who is not willing to use anything larger than the SW SolarQuest, the 60mm and ASI178 give me some nice disks!

Now, if only I stopped being lazy and try imaging with the DS module on... Something for this weekend maybe!

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1 hour ago, nicoscy said:

Ah, I don't do closeups - only full disk images. Your scope supports high magnification imaging, mine is a paltry 60mm Lunt with the ASI178MM :)

Still, for someone who is not willing to use anything larger than the SW SolarQuest, the 60mm and ASI178 give me some nice disks!

Now, if only I stopped being lazy and try imaging with the DS module on... Something for this weekend maybe!

Now you've done it! Planning ahead to use a DS - classic result in cloud cover.....

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Geoff,

I need to stop being lazy and try my hand at double stacking. Filter has been sitting in its case for a year because I more or less enjoy single stack and I am lazy. But, if I want to get more detail in my images, I need to break out the DS module asap!

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