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sophiecentaur
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@davenn terrific detail. You are getting your money's worth.
sophiecentaur said:@davenn terrific detail. You are getting your money's worth.
I'm sure it's not just my digital device that ... I magnify, magnify, magnify ... and still get to see a picture of the Sun (huger and huger detail!) ...sophiecentaur said:Nice pictures (as usual) Dave. As with the rest of (technical) life, you get what you pay for.
The detail after enhancement makes you want to touch it. It's that lovely illusion (as with the best TV pictures, viewed at the right distance) that you could just go closer and closer with no limit to the image detail.
sophiecentaur said:Nice pictures (as usual) Dave. As with the rest of (technical) life, you get what you pay for.
The detail after enhancement makes you want to touch it. It's that lovely illusion (as with the best TV pictures, viewed at the right distance) that you could just go closer and closer with no limit to the image detail.
Stavros Kiri said:I'm sure it's not just my digital device that ... I magnify, magnify, magnify ... and still get to see a picture of the Sun (huger and huger detail!) ...
Pretty cool!
Stavros Kiri said:Wow! It seems it's like "prominence day" today for the sun! ...
davenn said:for those interested in solar observations and imaging, I have found a very useful tool for determining the size of
features on the sun eg. sunspots, filaments and prominences etc
Some day I hope (for me) ... . Sounds like great tool!davenn said:hope some finds this useful
Ah, a bit less than twice the perimeter of the earth! ... Ok, No big deal! ...davenn said:65,000 km
Stavros Kiri said:Ah, a bit less than twice the perimeter of the earth! ... Ok, No big deal! ...
I think it's significant anyway! Also it's ~ 1/6 of the distance Earth-Moon ! ...davenn said:now that is significant
sophiecentaur said:Hi @davenn Nice stuff.
sophiecentaur said:Nice stuff. Sorry to hear about the weather. It would be nice to have a bit of Sun 'up here' too.
sophiecentaur said:How easy is it to shift that 120mm refractor about?
sophiecentaur said:I have a lumpy 8" Newtonian and it's a pain to get it up and onto the mount. No wonder I tend to use my 80mm Equinox nearly all the time
sophiecentaur said:But the only suitable site for one in my garden is too much in the faces of people using the garden for non astronomical purposes.
sophiecentaur said:use my 80mm Equinox
Can't win 'em all. It's not too bad here as there are no street lamps and the only pollution is from some garden lighting next door (she is security mad). My astrophotography efforts are put to shame by some club members who live close into London. The worse the conditions, the more nerdy you have to be. My problem is I have problems with the cold and laziness, limited budget and some other spending priorities. Some of your solar pictures are good justification for your spending, though.davenn said:2... I'm deep in the red zone of light pollution for doing nite time astronomy
Lol ... That always works, doesn't it?davenn said:How does an astronomer overcome bad condition "blues" ... buy some more gear
Nice choice, Skywatcher has been known to put out some good equipment for a reasonable price. I actually just purchased my first refractor a few weeks ago: a Skywatcher esprit 80mm. But of course, I haven't had a clear night since I bought it!davenn said:So here is my new scope ... A Skywatcher EVOSTAR120 Black Diamond refractor
NFuller said:Skywatcher esprit 80mm
NFuller said:But of course, I haven't had a clear night since I bought it!
sophiecentaur said:Can't win 'em all. It's not too bad here as there are no street lamps and the only pollution is from some garden lighting next door (she is security mad).
sophiecentaur said:My astrophotography efforts are put to shame by some club members who live close into London. The worse the conditions, the more nerdy you have to be.
sophiecentaur said:Some of your solar pictures are good justification for your spending, though.
sophiecentaur said:BTW, what sort of solar energy rejection filter can you use with your 120mm? I thought there were limits to objective sizes for 'rear end' filtering.
sophiecentaur said:I have a shiny Baader filter for my 80mm objective but that is a poor man's solution to solar, I think.
Yep, that's it.davenn said:
Yes. I don't know much about those scopes, but I'm sure they are of good quality. I believe it is a FPL53 doublet...davenn said:Don't know if you read @sophiecentaur 's post #130, he has the 80mm Equinox
NFuller said:Yep, that's it.
NFuller said:Yes. I don't know much about those scopes, but I'm sure they are of good quality. I believe it is a FPL53 doublet...
Yes. That one looks like mine. It'svery nice. A great (some might say too blingy) finish and focuses well. The rotatable focuser could be better, though. A lot of manual filter changing and suchlike could perhaps make it come loose.davenn said:I'm assuming, awaiting confirmation from @sophiecentaur , that it is this one ...