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Detection of X-class flare at LRO 03/10/2024@1218
Using UKRAA SID Monitor at 23.4 KHz.
Results of solar photography session at LRO 17/9/2024
Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm OTA HEQ5 Pro mount Daystar Quark hydrogen chromosphere filter 174MM camera (not cooled) Daystar interference eliminator ImPPG/Photoshop software Andy First 2 images are versions 1…
Use of an unusual complex tone curve in ImPPG to obtain excellent solar photo from my data 22/9/2024
I used the tone curve below on data from 17/9/2024 – worked well to produce nice inverted curve! Andy
Convenient and helpful device to improve focus of camera tube on Sol’Ex spectrohelioscope
3D-printed Bahnitov mask designed for 30mm guide scopes – purchased from ebay for £6.
Successful first light for aluminium Sol’Ex at LRO 4/7/2024!
A short period of sunshine early this morning allowed me to try my Sol’Ex again, this time scanning in correct direction! Wow! INTI produced pictures that look like the Sun!…
Unsuccessful attempt to get first light with Sol’Ex 25/6/2024
Strange outcomes below (see pictures below – output from INTI processing software)! I think this might be because I mistakenly scanned sun in wrong direction (up/down rather than left/right)?? Data…
First attempt at solar scans with new aluminium Sol’Ex 22/6/2024
Mounted on Sky Watcher ED 72 Pro telescope on a Sky Watcher HEQ5 Pro mount, ZWO ASI 174MM camera. I placed sun just to east of where telescope pointing –…
Sol’Ex now sports longer Losmandy Bar and push up screw
The aluminium Sol’Ex is wonderfully machined buy very heavy putting a lot of weight on the focuser, increasing risk of deformation in light path and the device falling out of…