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Sun in Whitelight 6th October 2022.


Steve Ward

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6 minutes ago, Ian McCallum said:

How do you get the lovely yellow colour?

Final stage of processing in GIMP.

"Colorify" in "Colours , select the Yellow box then "Custom" , then knock the Green level down to 230 from 255 ... 😉

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1 minute ago, Steve Ward said:

Final stage of processing in GIMP.

"Colorify" in "Colours , select the Yellow box then "Custom" , then knock the Green level down to 230 from 255 ... 😉

Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was it was a special filter for a certainly wavelength of light.

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28 minutes ago, Ian McCallum said:

Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was it was a special filter for a certainly wavelength of light.

The monochrome image is pretty much what you see with Baader AstroSolarSafety film and is the "standard" capture for me.

I invert it because it seems to emphasise the fainter faculae and the coloured version is just for the people who think the Sun is a yellowy-orange colour (as seen through the inferior Thousand Oaks and Seymour polymer filters ... 😉

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