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29-JUN-2012

Image with the Omaga Optical filter as the BF

Again this image shows astigmatism with the Omega Optical filter as a BF. In this case an alignment running about 45°, about '10 o clock - 4 o clock'in the image shown can be seen. If you're not used to spotting it minor astigmatism like this might be difficult to recognise but with practice it becomes obvious. It looks similar to aligned rice grains or polished stainless steel.

The image may show astigmatism, but in this case the Ca K filter also picked up minor flaring in the active region AR'1515. Flare activity is more usually picked up in Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) images, but can also be seen in the light of Ca K.

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Date/Time29-Jun-2012 23:01:54
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Alistair G. 28-Mar-2017 20:26
I see what you mean about the Astigmatism. So your PST Pentaprism showed Astigmatism, and then you removed it to go in straight through configuration, and then now your Omega Optical filter as a Blocking Filter was now also showing Astigmatism (to a much weaker degree), hmmn I was wondering whether your 63mm objective lens was the culprit (since here you are using your 63mm objective lens instead of the PST objective), but I suppose it could have been this Omega filter causing it...
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