A MTV-22S85HC-EX monochrome 1/2" chip Mintron camera was used with a x2 Barlow lens assembly and a H-alpha PST solar scope. Video was captured at shutter speeds to reveal the disk and also to reveal the prominences.
There were numbers of dark filaments as well as some prominences:
The two levels of exposure were combined and the image was colourised to indicate the colour of H-alpha light
Exploration of Astronomical imaging with x-bit devices.
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Dr Steve Wainwright FRAS
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Saturn with an Omega 1/2 inch chip colour Mintron video camera
An unexpected clear spell between the clouds allowed an attempt at imaging Saturn.
An OMEGA 1/2" chip colour Mintron was used with a Skymax 127 with the lens assembly of a Skywatcher x2 Barlow (approx 1.5x) and a Revelation 2.5 Barlow produced this image from 2000 captured frames:
Steve Wainwright
An OMEGA 1/2" chip colour Mintron was used with a Skymax 127 with the lens assembly of a Skywatcher x2 Barlow (approx 1.5x) and a Revelation 2.5 Barlow produced this image from 2000 captured frames:
Steve Wainwright
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