Solar 2012-07-08





White light telescope: TS 102mm Individual f/11 refractor
White light filters: Baader Solar Continuum all used together with a Baader Herschel Wedge.
Recording: 3000 frames @ 30 fps captured for each AVI. 10% used for final stacking.
Hydrogen Alpha: Lunt 60mm Solartelescope + Lunt 50mm front filter for double stack.
Extra equipment: 0.5x focal reducer, 1.5x barlow, 2x Ultima Barlow
Camera: DMK31AU03 USB Mono
Recording: 1500 frames @ 30 fps captured for each AVI. 20% used for final stacking.


Set a new personal record in the amount of data recorded this day.
145.1 GB of data in 250 AVIs were recorded durring a 4½ hour session.


The white light images were recorded late in the day after i had recorded the Ha images.
The thin cloud cover also became thicker and thicker so much so that the data i recorded with the 2x barlow were not good enough to be used.


White light with 1.5x barlow:

Color:




Black/white:






Ha images:

0.5x focal reducer - HDR out of 4 images.


0.5x focal reducer.


Alternative of the above.




1.5x barlow - Mosaic of 9 images.

Link 2000 x 2000 full resolution


There was a flare while i was recording the above mosaic.
Only 6 minutes between these two frames here:

Started on Seq A time lapse right away after i had finished the mosaic of the surface.

1.5x barlow - Mosaic of 17 images.

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2x barlow - Mosaic of 4 images.

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2x barlow - Mosaic of 17 images.

Link 1433 x 2150 full resolution




Image with 2x barlow:









Time lapse:

Seq A - 600 frames were recorded every 30 seconds for 20½ minutes with 1.5x barlow.
The ending of the flare.


Link 1.8mb quicktime at 850 x 680
Link 1.8mb inverted quicktime at 850 x 680



Seq B - 600 frames were recorded every 30 seconds for 20½ minutes with 1.5x barlow.
There wasn't as much action in this area as i expected.


Link 2.8mb quicktime at 950 x 750
Link 2.7mb inverted quicktime at 950 x 750



Seq C - 600 frames were recorded every 30 seconds for 10½ minutes with 1.5x barlow.
There weren't any large movements here so i stopped after only 10 minutes.


Link 140kb quicktime at 750 x 700
Link 428kb inverted quicktime at 750 x 700



Seq D - 600 frames were recorded every 30 seconds for 20½ minutes with 1.5x barlow.
I noticed that this prom had disolved and spread out. I missed the actual event while i was recording the previous time lapses.


Link 189kb quicktime at 500 x 650
Link 628kb inverted quicktime at 500 x 650



Seq E - 600 frames were recorded every 30 seconds for 30½ minutes with 2x barlow.
I noticed something was about to happen. A small prom had shown itself where that had been none just momemnts before.
This time i was finally there from the start almost. It delivered a good show :)


Link 2.7mb quicktime at 850 x 650
Link 3.5mb inverted quicktime at 850 x 650