The "tweaking" of the SolarMaxII etalon is very subtle; I've found that very small movements (around a 16th of an inch in rotation) really do make a difference to the final image.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Active Area with Trailing Filaments
Double-stacking really brings out the dark filaments on the sun's surface, as this image illustrates:
The "tweaking" of the SolarMaxII etalon is very subtle; I've found that very small movements (around a 16th of an inch in rotation) really do make a difference to the final image.
The "tweaking" of the SolarMaxII etalon is very subtle; I've found that very small movements (around a 16th of an inch in rotation) really do make a difference to the final image.
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