Hi Bill... The blocking filters are interchangeable, which is a nioce feature in the event you start to use a longer focal length scope you can keep the etalon...
Hi All, I have been doing basic astrophotography for just over a year now. I decided to get into solar observing this summer to beat the evening cloud blues...
Hi Brian I used a Celestron LPI and I have 10 avis 100 to 500 frames and exposures of 1/25 to 1/100 .The images I get from registax are not as good as avis. I...
Hello, it's beautiful and the presentation is original, bravo, JF Observateur du Pic du Midi, France http://astrosurf.com/jiaifer ... From: "Jim..."...
Change is apparent in this small promience in just under an hour. http://www.lafterhall.com/ls50_dmk_700mm_8-frame_prom_28nov09_001.jpg Cheers Jim Livermore CA...
Hi Carl... Can you tell us what camera was used, image format, number of frames to work with, etc. If I have that, I can offer a few suggestions, but you will...
Thanks, Eric Actually, I spend most of my time under a viewing cloth with the laptop, so the hat and sunscreen are optional. My ultimate goal is producing...
Hi M; Definitely worth the effort - excellent! Could you please tell us: 1) Which model DMK camera were you using and what were the settings? 2) If you haven't...
Hi Just bought a Lunt 60mm double stack 1200 and imaged some nice proms on 11/15. Can anyone tell me the best way to use registax especially in the wavelet or...
hi tony thank you for your response: I just wanted to give you feed back. LUNT did a great and considering the disstance very fast job fixing the LS50. I'm...
hello here is a link to a solar time lapse captured at 1 minute intervals with a lunt 75F BF1200' it wa captured on 22 nov 2009 from 1745 to 2100 UT ...
Hi Jim... Thanks for your comments...I appreciate the positive support form the members of this group and at Lunt. They have some great equipment that allows...
Brian, These shots are particularly impressive considering the aperture of the LS50 filter and the low altitude of Sol from your northern latitude. Your image...
Hi Eric... Thanks for your feedback. The sun is certainly more fun to work on when there is some activity. Hopefull this is only a taste of what will come...
Hello everyone... I have posted images to my 'Maple Ridge Observatory' folder, taken today and yesterday. There are a set of full disk and closeups of the...
Hi everyone... The active regions continue to grow today, and another region is now in view on the eastern limb (very bright CaK, and Ha). The promiance on...
Hello! Does anyone know where you can pick up one of the "imaging packages"? It is the 60mm double stack with pressure tuner. I called astronomics and opt, and...
A HR LS75F Un-obstructed filter with matchable BF at <0.6Angstroms (single stack). During the process of R&D I have been working with new coating technologies...