Astrophotography by David Gares

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Click solar images below:

sunpstultrastarmono.jpg
Sun in H-alpha, Coronado PST,
Starlight Xpress Ultrastar CCD,
100 exposures 24-Jan-2016
sun5.jpg
Sun in H-alpha, Coronado PST,
Philips ToUcam Pro II Webcam
Scopetronix MaxPower 1.6x Amplifier
sun2.jpg
Sun in H-alpha, Coronado PST,
Philips ToUcam Pro II Webcam
Scopetronix MaxPower 1.6x Amplifier
Hand Guided Mount
(04/29/07, approx. 10:00 a.m.)
sun3.jpg
Sun in H-alpha, Coronado PST,
Philips ToUcam Pro II Webcam
Scopetronix MaxPower 1.6x Amplifier
Hand Guided Mount
(04/29/07, approx. 11:00 a.m.)
sunf10stackonly.jpg
Sun, 2-image f/10 mosaic,
3 exposures each @ 1/1000 sec.
(11/28/04, approx. 11:00 a.m.)
sunf10wavelet.jpg
Sun, same image data
with wavelet processing
using Registax 2
sunf10.jpg
Sun, same image data
with averaging and aligning
using AstroArt 3.0
 
sunf6.3.jpg
Sun, f/6.3 reducer (Meade),
4 exposures @ 1/250 sec.,
Lumicon Deep Sky Filter
(11/28/04, approx. 11:00 a.m.)

Details on film mosaics:
 
Camera:  Olympus OM-1
Film:  Kodak Supra 400
Site:  Harahan, LA
Telescope:  10" Meade LX200 SCT
Solar Filter:  JMB Identiview Class "A" White Light, Full Aperture
Processing:  MSB AstroArt 3.0 and Registax 2
 
Notes
 
Unfortunately the sunspot activity was very low.  The surprise activity peak in October has waned.  The slight blemish at the top of the f/10 images is a scanner artifact courtesy of the film lab.  Most of my f/10 images were ruined at the top, but luckily I shot some half-images for the mosaic.  The Lumicon Deep Sky nebula filter did not enhance the h-alpha spectral intensity at all.