Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: CptTrips on December 24, 2008, 09:38:34 PM
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Merry Christmas all! I hope this season find you and yours healthy and happy!
Free time and clear skies finally coincided long enough for me to try my new (pre-owned) Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Telescope. There wasn't much surface activity (no sunspots) but there were a few nice prominances along the edges. Here is one I tried to image. It came out pretty good, but I still felt like I was seeing a little finer detail at the eyepieces.
http://jasonirby.zenfolio.com/p586368176/h18098811#h18098811
:salute,
Wab
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Wow, sweet pic. That's pretty cool having a scope you can check out the sun with, whats a setup like that run?
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Great pic sir. Wish it was a larger resolution; would make a great desktop.
whats a setup like that run?
http://www.scopecity.com/detail.cfm?ProductID=197
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Sweet looking photo there. Thanks for sharing.
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That's amazing, thanks much for the picture!
Oh and Merry Chrismas to you and yours.
;)
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Great gallery.
How many go in the bin for each good one you get? Merry Christmas and have a great Hogmanay.
:salute
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Great pic sir. Wish it was a larger resolution; would make a great desktop.
http://www.scopecity.com/detail.cfm?ProductID=197
Yeah, next time I'm going to do a mosaic to get the whole disk. This was just a quick test.
Mine is a Lunt 60mm doublestacked.
http://usa.luntsolarsystems-europe.com/pro_info.php?ebene1=48&id=18679&catchoice1=
If anyone was wanting to get their feet wet in h-alpha solar observing I would recommend a "Coronado PST". Its a great little scope that will show you prominances and some surface detail. Fits on a camera tripod, and for $500 its probably the best bang for the buck. I had one and enjoyed it for a couple of years before deciding to upgrade t a Lunt.
Clear Skies,
Wab
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Thats a pretty awsome hobby. :aok I could spend hours looking at astronomy pics.