Sunday, July 13, 2025

E-Corona Fe XIV Second Trial

This is my second trial to image the E-corona using Fe XIV.
Some background information:

- use of 8nm double stacked baader continuum filter
- continuum filter was tilted but probably should be more inclined as the cone was not central over FeXIV line
- could not find the spectrum when using TLAPO80/480 with herschel wedge
- change to TLAPO60/360 with ND16 filter
- use of 2 micron pixel 678MM camera
- setting
    - sol'ex pro 2nd gen slit
    - exposure time 11ms, gain 12 and 32x sidereal speed
    - total of 23 images - all same direction
    - ROI of 100 pixels 

Editing using JSolex 3.3.1 with E Corona script (slightly adjusted)

Discussion and learnings:
To adjust the inclination of the continuum filter to have the cone central on Fe XIV. Saturate more the image; according to Christian Buil, increase exposure time to 100ms.
Jsolex is helpfull for the E-corona; but I hope I see some evidence of it. Currently no real structure.