Great Proms this Morning - 11th August 2010

!!! SWEET !!!

(I love the way you're getting the spicules on the limb in those. I take it they're single exposures between disk and limb?)

Again, nicely done.

-- Jeff.

jeyjey wrote:

!!! SWEET !!!

(I love the way you're getting the spicules on the limb in those. I take it they're single exposures between disk and limb?)

Again, nicely done.

-- Jeff.

Glad you like them Jeff.

Yes, they are single exposures. Or, to be exact, it is obtained from a single 2000 frame video which images the disc and the proms simultaneously. I typically capture the videos at 60fps, unless there is some high haze or the sun is really low over the horizon where the air mass diminishes the apparent brightness of the image.

I could get better contrast on the disc if I imaged it separately and merged it back on top of the proms. However, using that method, I find it difficult to get the spicules right. Including the spicules like I have shown makes the image look closer to the real view in the eyepiece IMHO.

Michael.

wow what a shot, I love it one of the best I have ever seen

regards Darren:)