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Environmental Data
Date: November 11, 2019 Start Time: 7:32AM End Time: 1:08PM SQM:
Moon Age: 14.4 days Moonrise: 4:23PM Moon Illumination: 99.7%
Temperature: 39 deg Humidity: 69% Dew Point: 30 degrees F degrees
Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790 Sky Condition: Partly cloudy
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Imaging Scope Data
Mount: CPC1100 Mount Camera: Nikon D750 Focuser: None
Telescope: Stellarvue SV90 refractor Focal Reducer: Filter: Solar Filter
Rotator: Power Control: Dew Heater: Kendrick
Imaging Software
Mount Software: iOptron Commander Focus Software Optec Commander
Control Software: Platesolve: Planning: Skytools
Imaging Status
Imaging Software: Focus Platesolve:
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Guide Scope Data
Camera: Focuser: Dew Heater: Software:
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Images Taken
Number of light frames: 702 Duration: 1/500 second Gain: ISO 100
Temperature: - Binning: F-Stop:
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Imaging Processing
Imaging Processing Software: Photoshop
Processes utilized: Used Photoshop to crop, center, and adjust the levels. Used Cyberlink PowerDirector 15 to generate the time lapse video.
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Notes: Started at 7:00 but Sun still in trees. Sun started to be high even to be above trees at ~7:15 AM. Transit is supposed to start at 7:36 AM.
Used Solar filter to find Sun using red dot finder. Used illuminated eyepiece to finish alignment.
Attached Nikon to field flattener, to Stellarvue SV90. Attached 27 inch monitor to Nikon. Used the monitor to track progress and help focus.
Aligned using EQ-N Solar System-Sun. Changed tracking speed to Solar.
Interval set to 30 seconds, camera set to 1/500 sec, ISO 100, full manual, manual focus.
Adjusted shutter speeds throughout the day due to clouds, etc. Changed from 1/250, 1/400, and 1/500. Imaged until about 1:15 PM. Could see Mercury transit across the face of the Sun.