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First light image with my 300 mm Newtonian solar telescope

Started by ch-viladrich , Apr 15 2015 02:48 PM

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#1 ch-viladrich

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 02:48 PM

Hello,

I am glad to share with you the first light images taken with my new 300 mm Newtonian solar telescope :

AR2322-13April2015-11h32mnUT-N300-540nm.

AR2321-13April2015-13h12mnUT-N300-540nm.

Here is an image of the scope. The truss tube is from Stellarzac Instrument and the mirror from Skyvision :

More information here :

http://www.astrosurf.../N300/N300.html

Best regards

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#2 steveward53

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 02:56 PM

Stunning clarity ... :bow:

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#3 Astrojensen

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 02:57 PM

:shocked:

Just amazing!

Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark

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#4 HPaleske

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 03:02 PM

Hi,

beautiful pictures and beautiful instrument! (like A. Whipple)

I'm looking forward to more results.

cs Harald

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#5 BYoesle

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 03:13 PM

WOW! :waytogo:

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#6 Galicapernistein

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 03:22 PM

Were you on Mercury when you took those images? :bigshock:

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#7 bill1234

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 04:15 PM

wow..nice.. :waytogo:

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#8 ischua

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 04:28 PM

That Is Neat!

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#9 bob71741

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 04:39 PM

Exceptional images!!

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#10 Paul Hyndman

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 05:07 PM

Awesome!

Paul

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#11 Scott Beith

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 08:04 PM

I just drooled on my keyboard! Those images are fantastic and that is one seriously impressive scope. :bow:

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#12 csrlice12

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 08:16 PM

I'm available for adoption...

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#13 George9

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Posted 15 April 2015 - 08:42 PM

That is so cool.

Maybe once every couple of years I will get perfect seeing and in my 10" (254mm) Newtonian with full-aperture Baader solar film, I can see details in the sunspots that I have never seen well even in professional photographs. I just assumed it might be artifact on my part.

Your images show it. The salt and pepper umbra (as I called it in my log) with the penumbra sending streamers leaning into the umbra, many capped with one of the salt grains.

Newtonians can be great solar scopes.

George

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#14 ch-viladrich

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 03:12 PM

Thanks a lot

Georges : the visual observation of the solar details is fascinating when the seeing is favourable.

Harald : the work and achievements of Art Whipple were a source of inspiration to me.

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#15 George9

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 03:43 PM

Christian, it's not just your equipment and raw image, but also the way you got the full dynamic range to show up in the jpeg file. Congrats. George

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#16 WesC

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 05:38 PM

Wow, faaaaantastic! :waytogo:

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#17 ch-viladrich

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Posted 18 April 2015 - 07:10 AM

Thanks !

Here are the measurements of the seeing with the SSM during part of the observing session (first graph) and during the acquisition of the first image (second graph, 0.45 arcsec average over 30 s) :