tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977859904854142487.post4606971427145292933..comments2024-01-21T00:42:42.157-08:00Comments on Eastex Astronomy: Experiments and FailuresRoryGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200628155673456582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977859904854142487.post-951176601789755482012-04-23T02:00:12.254-07:002012-04-23T02:00:12.254-07:00You are the man, Rory! I plan to observe the tran...You are the man, Rory! I plan to observe the transit but not image, so I'm relying on your images to record the wonder of it all!Polaris Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572022039526168617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977859904854142487.post-13243866850656865032012-04-11T14:49:40.864-07:002012-04-11T14:49:40.864-07:00Thanks for the compliment. As you know very well, ...Thanks for the compliment. As you know very well, astroimaging gets very expensive very quickly. That's why I think the ST80 is great for those who want to try imaging without spending their kid's college fund. The scope can deliver pretty good results on short exposures because of its fast focal ratio, so even an inexpensive equatorial mount can be used. I like pushing the limit to see what I can get out of it.<br /><br />I haven't worked out the bugs on solar imaging, yet. The clouds haven't been cooperative, and the Sun hasn't been giving much of a show lately. There are practically no sunspots right now. Maybe I will write an article on how I processed that image of the Sun. Processing it wasn't as easy and straight-forward as processing the H-alpha images.<br /><br />The PST is great for seeing both prominences and surface details, including sunspots and filaments. I plan on using both the PST and the ST80 for imaging the Venus Transit in June. The PST piggybacks nicely onto the ST80.RoryGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200628155673456582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977859904854142487.post-61617121764940068962012-04-11T12:26:07.862-07:002012-04-11T12:26:07.862-07:00That's another reason you are such a great ima...That's another reason you are such a great imager, Rory: You manage to get great results from equipment that no one suspects will deliver! Truly, that sun is a historic shot. If I knew I could get that kind of result with a white light solar filter, I might have tried it. Actually, I'm not sure how I would get it, or how you got it, but it's very good. So I guess the PST is just for prominences?Polaris Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572022039526168617noreply@blogger.com