Monday 12 August 2013

Double Stack Sun 11th August

Sunday morning dawned with low cloud, however after checking sat24.com I realised there was a clear band heading stright for us in Anglesey where we are currently on holiday. I knew I had about 15 minutes at most of clear skies and so opted for the Coronado double stack 40mm knowing I could set it up (and down!) quickly. I was not to be disappointed, the sun was putting on quite a show with great prominences, active regions and a huge filament! I tried a new method of sharpening in post processing in Photoshop CS4 which seems to have recovered some really fine detail. This is a 6 pane mosaic taken with the DS40, 2x barlow and DMK31 camera.