Sun #2

Do not observe the Sun directly without proper solar filter you are at risk of permanent damage to your eyes/equipments.

Equipment

Camera : Fujifilm X-T30
Telescope/lens : Skywatcher Skymax90 1250mm f/13.9
Mount : Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTI GOTO
Filter : Baader AstroSolar Safety Film OD5.0

 

Camera setting

Shutter speed : 1/2000 sec.
ISO : 800
White balance : Daylight
Drive mode : CL 5 fps
 

Software

Rawtherapee
  1. Demosaic
    • Method : 3 Pass + Fast
  2. White balance
    • Method : Camera 
  3. Color management
    • Working profile : Prophoto
    • Input profile : Auto-matched 
    • Output profile : Linear Rec.2020
  4. Exposure
    • Highlight reconstruction : Color Propagation
  5. Output
    • File format : 16-bit TIFF
Siril
  1. Registration method - Image Pattern Alignment (planetary - full disk)
  2. Stacked 20% best from 1000 frames
  3. Color space Rec.2020
Wavesharp 3
  1. Denoise
  2. Sharpen
  3. Deconvolution
Affinity Photo 2
- Blend the original stacked file with the one from Wavesharp 3 and use channel mixer to turn it to B&W image.
  1. JR - Bilateral Smooth Sharpening
  2. JR - Polynomial Contrast Curve
  3. JR - Enhance Local Contrast
  4. JR - Structural Contrast
  5. JR - Edge Contrast
  6. Curves Adjustment
Affinity Photo macro by James Ritson
James Ritson: Affinity Photo resources and tutorials