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decent into the maelstrom

Started by Alan Friedman, 09/12/2005 03:09PM
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Hi,

Here is a view down into Active Region 798.

Zeiss APQ 130 at f15/ with Coronado Solarmax90
130 frames from 900 taken with my DMK21BF04 monochrome webcam.

best,
Alan

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Posted 09/12/2005 04:23PM #1
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Dance of the filaments.

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Posted 09/12/2005 04:39PM #2
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Alan,

Wow! Really a great image! I have dreamed of a SolarMax90 for quite a while....just need to find the $10,000 to buy it with. LOL!!!!!

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Posted 09/12/2005 05:16PM #3
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Oh man, what a gorgeous image. Great detail and the color is superb. Congratulations!

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Oh man, what a gorgeous image. Great detail and the color is superb. Congratulations!

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Posted 09/12/2005 05:31PM #5
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Hi Alan, i'm not a Sun imager ,but this is Whooo!
Regards Richard.
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Posted 09/13/2005 04:28PM #6
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How does it compare to the view at your eyepiece?
Is this like the planets where the details we see here are much clearer?

Thanks again for sharing!
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Alan, thanks to "you and your shots" my keyboard is all messed up! 8) wink (Drooling!)

Excellent image my friend, truly amazing!
Keep'em coming!
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Posted 09/13/2005 10:19PM #8
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Alan, your a master at all forms of imaging, amazing!

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Posted 09/14/2005 12:01AM #9
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shocked 8O Wow into the maelstrom is right!! Just spectacular, between this shot and Haralds there have been some of the best solar images ever!

--thanks

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