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Solar ISS Transit [0.5A Hα] - February 2, 2020, Brent Newton

Solar ISS Transit [0.5A Hα] - February 2, 2020

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Solar ISS Transit [0.5A Hα] - February 2, 2020, Brent Newton

Solar ISS Transit [0.5A Hα] - February 2, 2020

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

A transit of the ISS caught on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at 13:40:50

Coronado tuned for surface detail:

- Transit video caught the ISS 18 times

- Additional video capture of 1000 frames (250 used in Autostakkert, 3x Drizzle)

- Retuned for Prominences, captures 500 frames (250 used in Registax, 3x Drizzle)

PixInsight:

- Range Selection mask to protect edge of the sun for the following steps:

- Restoration Filter

- MLT for noise reduction and sharpening

- DBE to even background

- Histogram darken for better detail

- Export Tiffs

Photoshop:

- Overlayed Prominence onto Chromosphere

- Overlayed ISS transit frames with careful masking

- Conversion to RGB + Custom Color Balance

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Solar ISS Transit [0.5A Hα] - February 2, 2020, Brent Newton

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