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I was using sharpcap for a long time but I got a crazy amount of dropped frames at times. I use ASIcap now and I might get a couple at the most. Can you get the surface detail and the prominences focused in the same shot? With my scope I just focus on the surface detail and the proms. are in...

Hi James. welcome to the Focal World. Nice shot, I think you are on your way to getting some nice solar shots. I know what the Daystar quark is but I'm not familiar with it. I've had my Lunt solar scope since 2009 so I've had a lot of practice with it. What scope, camera and software are you...

Thanks Mike, You don't need a big solar scope or a big mount. You can set these up anywhere and get great views of the sun, especially now that it is active.

I'll bet it was the seeing that was very poor. What scope did you use?

Thanks Jim, If you are talking about a white light filter you would not get the prominences but it will show sunspots. Hydrogen Alpha scopes show both.

Thanks Alan, yes , as soon as I lookd at it I knew I had to take out the camera.

Thanks Ben!

These shots were taken with the Lunt 60 and ASI 1600mm. The close-up was with a 2x barlow and I over exposed the surface to show the prominences better. I find using a mono camera and adding false color with a photo editing software produces the best images.

Nice shot! How do you like the Moolite focuser? I sure would like to get one for my 106

Nice shot!

Thanks Dan!

Nice work looks 3-dimensional !

Since it's a remote setup it would be to great benifit. Some of these objects need to be rotated to get everything you want to fit in the view. I hope you canmake it work.

Thanks Jim, the reducer will really help, it gets me to 387mm on my setup.

Thanks Mike! With the reducer on I was able to rotate so I could get most of it.

Thanks Alan! I always pic object that look like objects we recongnize.

I finally had a couple of clear nights so I was able to get 4 more hours added to the other 4 hours I got back in 2018. This is from my backyard in a bortle 8 zone with my neighbors patio light shining towards me., thank you narrow band filters. I used the Takahashi FSQ106 with a 0.73 reducer...

Nice work Jim. I I hope I get a chance to take a shot at it.

#1 Super large Solar Prominence from 12-06-2022 with Earth shown to to show how insignificant we are. #2 flower and spider. I did not see the spider until I got home to process photos. #3 Mars captured in the month of December showing all of the surface. #4 I did a Burrowing Owl survey...

Nice shot Jim, I like the natural colors. The reason I do the Narrow band imaging is because I don't go to dark sites any more and I have too much light pollution.