From: Willie Strickland <cwskas@earthlink.net>

Date: October 5, 2010 4:31:45 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Sunspot 1109 from 10-2-2010


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Taken with my CPC1100, a Baader film solar filter on the scope and the Baader Continuum filter on the nosepiece of the DMK2104.


Here are the particulars of stacking for those who may be interested.


Willie



----Processing Movie: 20101002_203050_U.mov 1 of 9

Stacking : 8 Bit Movie

CI Cutoff: 65 

Aligned Using: Luma Channel

Gross Alignment: Lunar - Solar

Pixel Alignment: Horizontal and Vertical Separate

Pixel Alignment Block Size: 64 x 64 pixels

Pixel Matching Tolerance :  8.00

Scale Frames by: 1 x

Frame Sharpening: Medium with Noise Reduction

Gaussian Blur sharpness and alignment frames: Off

Sharpen alignment frames: Off

Auto Histogram Expand alignment frames: Off

HighQuality Bayer:Off

Auto Clip Area: On

Adjust Pixel Comparison Area Brightness: Off

Spatial Sharpness Distance: Small

Remove Hot & Cold Pixels: Off

Binning Frames 2x2: Off

Averaging Images

Subtracting Background: Off

Gradient Leveling: Off

Sharpness Statistics: Min 1.203899 , Max 1.238458 , STD0.006774 , Mean 1.219267 , Median 1.219963 , Mode 1.214699, CutOff  Value 1.224912

Pixel Matching Value:  8.00


Main Image Centroid   X:535.9, Y:241.6

Pixel Area One  X:113.9, Y:334.6

Pixel Area Two   X:374.9, Y:299.6

Stacked 41 out of 217 frames