Image Rivaled Multi-million $ Observatory (new images added)

[yltansg]

I am happy to announce that, after months of tinkering I am able to produce solar images that are not too far from those produced by the best solar observatories in the world. Glad to fly Singapore flag high in solar astronomy

Read more about it at https://solarchatforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... 19#p204319



The above images are from Big Bear Solar Observatory making use of the new Multiple-Conjugate Adaptive Optics technology

The following images were taken by me using a C8:






Alfred

[KKK26]

wow, nice!

[rcj]

fantastic!! very fine detailed work there, Alfred!! done the community proud!

[yltansg]

fantastic!! very fine detailed work there, Alfred!! done the community proud!

Thanks Remus.

It wasn't too long ago that conventional wisdom tells us that we can't do solar imaging with greater than 4 or 5" aperture telescope. Now with a good Dielectric Energy Rejection Filter (D-ERF) and good post-processing, we are able to get very high resolution images.

This is my setup with a C8:





On their request, I have shared my setup and workflow with several fellow astronomers from US and Europe. We should see more high-resolution images on the surface of the Sun from these astronomers soon

Over the past 2 years I have successfully tested and done solar imaging with a 150mm refractor and C8 SCT. My next project is to do it with a C14 SCT The main reason for larger aperture is to get even higher resolution images.

Alfred