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12 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

The only thing that beats Baader for quality of views/images is a good Herschel wedge ( and the difference between those is marginal ) every other film or glass filter I've used/tested doesn't come close in terms of resolution.

Seymour , Thousand Oaks , and anything still called Mylar film like yours  , is fit for little else but Eclipse Glasses in my humble opinion , based on 12 years of imaging using Baader film ... 

okay! Thanks so much I'll try to find one for my scope 😄

58 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

I'd recommend highly swapping the filter for one that uses Baader Astrosolar film.

why's that? some quick googling tells me the quality of the view is superior, which is definitely convincing enough, but is there another reason you recommend it? thanks!

5 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

Just fire up Stellarium , aim at the Sun and then turn off the 'Atmosphere'... 😉

thank you so much!

1 minute ago, LukeTheNuke said:

It's much better than my attempt yesterday with an action camera and then a tablet!

thank you 😁
just poked my nose in your gallery, high quality stuff! i hope you'll find time to make more

1 minute ago, Steve Ward said:

What filtering are you using on the 'scope ? 

I find the background somewhat alarmingly bright.

https://www.celestron.com/products/eclipsmart-solar-filter-for-powerseeker-70az-and-eq-and-travel-scope-70-telescopes

This fella, thank you for the concern! My phone camera was struggling with the eyepiece, and I had it zoomed in. Perhaps that made things seem brighter?

from noaa's CME recording today. Are those planets or satellites? which ones? and in the future, how can I just google this question lol
thank you!

Couldn't resist the allure of seeing 3664! this is my 3rd time trying to photograph the sun and the first time I managed to get slightly more than a misshapen fried egg, so I'm quite proud! All I have is my samsung s21, a celestron travel scope, and my shaky hand so please be gentle 😄 

seriously awesome! great capture

saw this in the sky and felt immediately inspired
❤️ 

insane shot! i love the placement of the person and the location of the shot. it has great composition. and of course the milk way is just stunning. awesome capture!

man these are awesome! especially that last one

meant with genuine curiosity as i'm interested in learning more; what is the point of custom color filters? Do you write out the process of making them anywhere?

you do a great job these colors are all so vivid! i really love the calcium, hydrogen, and infrared. the inverted colors render the details exceptionally well

my jaw was agape the whole time. i still don't know what to say!! the corona was just divine. and the solar prominence was so vivid!

On 08/04/2024 at 16:40, lukebl said:

We were blessed with fine weather in Magog, Quebec, for today's total eclipse. Some spectacular prominences and large crowds a'whooping and a'hollerin' at the moment of totality. I looked out for Comet Pons Brooks, but could only see Venus and Jupiter.

I won't be able to process my images properly till I get home next week, but here's a few quick captures.

these are all Beyond gorgeous. so crisp!! i love the animation too

just gorgeous!! what awesome colors

So excited! my whole family is making a day trip. i've been checking noaa's cloud cover predictions since last week lol

i'm making a 12 hour round trip to go see totality, so excited! figured i'd make a guess at what i'll see so that i feel more confident in my ability to capture the feelings after seeing the real deal.

unreal! love how the most intense sunspots appear and appreciate the coronal pictures

14 hours ago, mikeDnight said:

I think this book is my oldest. It's a beautifully bound leather hardback. They don't make them like this anymore!

jealous! thats a beautiful book

awesome! nice captures. 3628 was so weirdly circular at first

On 01/04/2024 at 18:12, inFINNity Deck said:

Here are two nice resources related to solar activity and sunspots:

http://haso.unex.es/haso/index.php/on-line-archive/

https://svalgaard.leif.org/

A recent work that I would recommend is C. de Jager, S. Duhau, A.C.T. Nieuwenhuizen, Solar Magnetic Variability and Climate, (Alkmaar, 2020). Kees the Jager was a renowned Dutch solar astronomer and published this work when he was 99 years of age!

Weather permitting I do sunspot observations daily both for a project led by Leif Svalgaard and for SILSO. My data is archived at HASO, hence above two links

Nicolàs

Thank you so much for these resources!

great details. 3615 looks so crazy!

seriously awesome can't wait to see more

woah that 2nd pic is insane! great work

nice graphic! was sad to miss this one due to overcast conditions