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PST on robotic Barn Door Mount

 

            
 The sun had
            only one tiny spot seen as a small dark pinprick with some lighter
            faculae here. Fortunately, the prominences were large and active,
            and some filaments were also visible on the disk. I was able
            to use a new homebrew camera adapter here for the first time,
            allowing no rotation between shots and making stacking a snap.
            The granulations clarity is a tribite to this new tool.

            
Processing: Extracted
            disk from green channel, prominences from red channel, and averaged
            2 to8 images. Applied midtone curve adjustment in PS, then wavlet
            deconvolution, and dynamic background flattening process in Pix
            Insight. Combined and colorized disk and prominence image in
            Photoshop per accepted standard coloration creteria.

Instrument:  Coronado PST 40mm
Platform:  Bogen Tripod
Camera:  Sony P10
Exposure:  Auto 0, -2
Location:  Scottsdale, Arizona
Elevation:  1000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 102F
Processing: Photoshop CS
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