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great tutorial, very much appreciated.

0:07 Hi I have the Antlia filter, How would you rate it by itself? I am new at EAA and AP. I started slowly 2 years ago. Thanks Victory Pete

Hi Mark, Outstanding, your videos are always great. I love the details and the work that you put into them. Now it comes down to which Lunt to buy. Please keep them coming..

I would love to learn how to do this type of photography. Your videos are absolutely beautiful and stunning. I’ve always been fascinated by our star.

Excellent video Mark, This is the most informative solar video I have watched - the detailed descriptions of what you can see was very helpful. Fortunately I must have purchased a good Quark as I am very happy with it. If I do go further with solar work, it would be a Lunt 100. Our astronomy club has a Lunt 130 with incredible views. I just made a video comparing my ASI178 to my new ASI174, not as thorough as you. I referenced your video on how to choose a camera at the video. (czcams.com/video/zpXpDk9BwS4/video.html). Cheers

Where can I find the 2024 version of NAFE - thanks

Thanks so much Mark - I find all your videos very informative...I'm looking at purchasing the LS40tha to get me into Ha imaging. The seller recommended a b600 blocking filter if planning on imaging but you seem to have got an excellent image with the b500 blocking filter...I could save some dollars if I could purchase the b500 model...do you think as a newbie I would be able to achieve the same full disk results as you with the smaller blocking filter? Also I might have missed it, what camera were you using in the 40mm? TIA

Great overview mate! :)

need more inf on lenses and telescopes to start!!

Hi, Mark. This is a brilliant piece of work. I ordered a Lunt 50 a while back (awaiting delivery). As per your Lunt 40 review, this video affirms my choice. But you have also provided so many other great tips and things to consider. Recommended viewing for anyone wanting to get into solar viewing and imaging. Many thanks. Paul

Great work!

Very helpful. Thank you

Nice.

Fantastic comparison and explantions. All of you images are spectacular, so good I have trouble deciding between them. I purchased a ZWO ASI178 four years ago to use with my Quark attached to a and Orion ED80 F7.5 refractor. The ED80 was my original DSO scope that was collecting dust so decided to make it a dedicated solar scope. Needles to say I got side-tracted and did not do any solar imaging until now. After watching the this and other videos I know the 178 was not the best choice for the longer FL setup using the ED80 with a Quark so I purchased an ASI174MM Pro. The images are much better. Thanks for videos, I am finding them quite helpful. Cheers

This is very helpful! Thank you!

Stunning detail.

That is so amazing. I have a much smaller Lunt 40 Double Stack on order, and I can not wait to use it.

As soon as I saw your video come in, I hurried over to the computer. Thanks

Superb imaging! Would be worth entering the Astronomy photographer of the year (solar section)

Another great one

I've been a Photoshop user for 20 years. Now thanks to you I am considering Affinity! I do all types of photography and glad you are showing solar! Thanks!

Nice pics.

New to solar imaging…most all of the videos I’ve watched show taking 3 sets of images (surface, prominence and flats) but on all the post processing videos this tidbit is omitted. What is the process for this, or did I miss something. Thanks, really enjoy your videos! Michael

Thabnks for the video. Question: Are you using the Hinode on an alt-Az mount ? I find that mine cannot even stay guiding when an EQ mount is too far off from north alignment

Mark, I'm trying to create a mosaic with the SC solar mosaic tool and cannot get Affinity Photo to stitch the images. At the 8:30 mark you indicate that you going to make a video. I sure need it. I cannot figure why the tif images won't stitch correctly. Thx

This same transit is going to happen in my city in a few hours. Hoping to capture something half as good as this with my DSLR+Telescope!

New to all this Solar imaging… all my planetary cameras are one shot color…can they be used, or do I have to go and buy another camera?

Great content thank you so much! I processed my latest halpha images seamlessly thanks to you 🎉

Wonderful presentation … very informative and educational. And what can I say about your images? Only WOW!

Excellent work, Mark … very cool

very good tutorial, tips, tricks and explanation in using SharpCap

Very cool!

Your first try? Amazing clarity. I assume you took a video, can I ask the frame rate you used? I did the ISS years ago with a DSLR and telescope, but it became a black dot crossing the screen. Now I have a dedicated astronomy camera and will be trying again the next time it passes near me. I guess the faster frame rate, the better? Thanks for all your videos and help.

pretty cool!!

Nice.

Please reupload at 4k!

Man, I'd love to see a high res version of this that wasn't mangled by CZcams re-encoding it. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing all this stuff from your Namibia trip!

Looks great! Will you do a tutorial about this?

Would like more info on the costs in Namibia. Would like to do this myself. Also, is it possible to travel there with own portable rig? Did your bring your camera and Asisair along or did they provide them?

Just came across your channel today. Thanks for doing this great review. I have one of these scope’s on order (won’t arrive till mid September!). Keep up the great work.

Spaceship Earth keeps truckin along … beautiful shot.

Nice.

Hope to see the southern night sky some day!

Move to Australia

Just an observation - If thats your room @2:50 there's a reverse cycle air conditioning unit on the wall above the bed which means the room is both cooled and heated

Neat.

Thank you for the review, I'm looking for a starter HA Solar scope and the 40 seems to be a good one to get my feet wet. Do you have recommendations on the camera to pair with it? And is the 5mm blocking filter a good option? There's a 6mm and 12mm option with the scope (6mm is a small increase in price, but 12mm is more than double the 5mm price.) I can't see dropping the money on the Lunt 100mm until I know I can make use of the 40mm in my seeing conditions. Thanks again!

Many thanks, Mark. I'm awaiting delivery of my Lunt 50 and it feels like I made a good choice, given the performance you acheive with the 40. The 60 would be nice too but I can double stack a 50 for less cost than a single-stacked 60.

Nice review Mark

Nice review! Just got as a present (from my wife - yes, guys that can happen too!!) the Lunt 100 with the double Etalon - goes next week into shipping…cannot wait! Anyone experience with their night-imaging configuration?