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Tiangong solar transit, TStew

Tiangong solar transit

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Tiangong solar transit, TStew

Tiangong solar transit

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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My very first solar transit!

I admit I didn't fully grasp the logistics ahead of time and made some poor choices here. But I am lucky to have caught it at all, with this tight of framing and only having a good guess where it would cross. I was planning on setting up a wider view white light rig with faster shutter speed, but didn't quite get it ready in time. So I used my H-alpha solar rig that I was already imaging the sun with that day.

I shot at 8ms images, about 120fps. That is the max fps of the camera, but I should have still lowered the shutter speed to get it with less blur but I didn't really know what speed to target so simply used what I had been with solar imaging. I also should have removed the double stack. Next time!

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