Is there any way, or plans to be able to make a mosaic larger than the disk in order to capture the entire corona during an eclipse?
Thanks!
Corona Mosaics
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Re: Corona Mosaics
Hi,
there is already an option to add a safety margin around the edge of the disc to ensure that no areas are lost if the alignment is a bit off. This can currently be increased to 500 pixels, which might be enough for your purposes (depending on pixel size/focal length/etc). If you think 500 pixels is a bit small then let me know and I can increase the limit easily.
Note that of course this will image the interior of the disc as well as the edges, which may not be quite perfect. Also, avoid using the auto-exposure option if you try this as it will use a panel near the center of the disc to do the auto-exposure (usually brightest region), but that will end badly during an eclipse!
cheers,
Robin
there is already an option to add a safety margin around the edge of the disc to ensure that no areas are lost if the alignment is a bit off. This can currently be increased to 500 pixels, which might be enough for your purposes (depending on pixel size/focal length/etc). If you think 500 pixels is a bit small then let me know and I can increase the limit easily.
Note that of course this will image the interior of the disc as well as the edges, which may not be quite perfect. Also, avoid using the auto-exposure option if you try this as it will use a panel near the center of the disc to do the auto-exposure (usually brightest region), but that will end badly during an eclipse!
cheers,
Robin