Solar 2012-02-26





Hydrogen Alpha: Lunt 60mm Solartelescope + Lunt 50mm front filter for double stack.
Extra equipment: 0.5x focal reducer, 1.5x barlow, 2.5x powermate
Camera: DMK31 USB Mono

Finally the sun came out even though it was freezing cold. Captured 48gb data in 36 AVIs.
They were stacked in both AviStack2 and Registax6. The stacked images received wavelets in Registax6 and further processed in Photoshop Elements.


Single stack:

0.5x focal reducer


Alternative of the above.



Double stack:

Without focal reducer, 4 images mosaic. The surface is from the 1.5x mosaic which has been scaled down to fit.

Link 1400 x 1400 full resolution


1.5x barlow, 9 images mosaic.

Link 2000 x 2000 full resolution


Alternative of the above.

Link 2000 x 2000 full resolution



Images with 1.5x barlow:




Images with 2.5x Powermate: