Nigella Bryant

18 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

Amazing, I love the third one down such vibrancy. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

Thanks Lee, much appreciated, yeah, the third one down is my favourite too. 

15 hours ago, Stu said:

Nice shots @Nigella Bryant, similar views to me though I could only take 3s handheld shots.

I didn’t think I caught any of the crown, but going back through my images I do have two. They also show it near Arcturus, consistent with what others saw.

Well done Stu, lovely captures. 

6 minutes ago, Gfamily said:

Here's mine, from North Cheshire, so not very far from Liverpool.

The most obvious star that's at about 8 o'clock from the auroral corona, is Arcturus. 

Sony A5000, F/3.5 - 5s exposure at 320 ISO.

Clearly, over enhanced, but it brings out the detail.

Yeah, shows the corona crown really well, didn't see that from the South West of England, at least I didn't. I've seen it from outside Glasgow before but  not here. Interesting. 

54 minutes ago, Pixies said:

Here are a couple of pics of mine. The crown does appear to be between Arcturus and the handle of the Big Dipper. This was Edinburgh:

Nice of the corona crown. 

7 minutes ago, Alan White said:

That is a super looking set up Nigella, clearly you don’t work in IT with that level of neatness to the cabling.

IT at work on Weds did some mods to the desk cabling and it looked like it was done by a 5 year old! Mind you most of them do look quite young 😉

Thanks Alan, no, not IT, just OCD, 😂 

5 minutes ago, Vroobel said:

But it seemed to change rather dramatically, how far I'm from you in Liverpool? The 'source' was very high, but I cannot say that it was close to the Zenith. It was nearly between Arcturus and Alkaid. Interesting. 🤔

 

Lovely pic of a aurora crown. The crown was not visible although aurora could be seen all around the sky apart from the zenith. 

It's changed a bit but cabling the same, just added another focus and camera cabling for the triple mounted triple wavelength scopes. 

31 minutes ago, Vroobel said:

Beautiful! 🙂 Am I right in my conclusion that you weren't able to capture the exact 'source' of the pillars? I mean it looks like the lower latitude the more 'parallel' the pillars are. 

Yeah, that's right, the source of the pillars were more diffuse. 

Here are some of the images taken during the Great storm from South West of England. Images just taken with an Honor mobile phone between 20 and 30 seconds exposed at ISO 1000

On 11/05/2024 at 00:07, tww said:

Does everything work via the integrated HUB? For me, the ASI6200MM is constantly dropping and freezing... powering the hub doesn not help...

Hiya, sorry been away. I only use it with planetary cameras, but yes it does work OK. I have to use by the powering the hub with the supplyed power adaptor. I've not tried it with my AA26c. One strange thing I have encountered is that I have to plug in the cameras, (running three at a time) then unplug the USB to the mount and plug it back in for firecapture or sharpcap to connect with the camera's. But with that routine upon powering up the mount, mini computer and hub the cameras work fine. 

2 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Excellent set of images, especially nice to see the Ca-K images

 

Thanks Pete, much appreciated. 

2 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Some very granulation, as well as the Sunspot activity visible. Good to see so many proms as well.

Thanks Pete, much appreciated. 

4 hours ago, GordonD said:

Fabulous images.

Thanks Gordon, much appreciated. 

Another session this morning for me too. Just Cak and HA. Had the CAT 🙀 out too, lol. 

37 minutes ago, LukeTheNuke said:

Ah yes, I did know I may have left it a little late in life for CaK visual, LOL, good point! Out of interest, why wouldn't you advise that even young whippersnappers give CaK visual a go? Could it turn their hair purple? (I might fancy that, I do like purple)

I'm just very cautious about solar viewing with the eyeballs, lol. I'd rather ruin a £300 camera than destroy my eyes. I have made some rouke mistakes in the past with not putting the front covers on and then taking the filters out first. Not with my eyes thankfully. I've melted an eye piece cap, got scotch burns burnt in the wood on the wall of my RoR and holes in one of my jumpers on the arm, (now that's a funny story). I thought someone had a bonfire as I could see smoke but it was me. 

Solar observations is a dangerous sport. Always double check for safety. 

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Splendid, Nigella 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks Jeremy, much appreciated. 

2 hours ago, LukeTheNuke said:

Lovely shots! The spots are a bit more interesting than I realised from Gong.

Hmmm, that looks pretty detailed with the 127 stopped down to 100mm. Are you using some type of ZWO camera? First time I've heard about a G-band filter. Is that imaging only, or does it help for visual as well?

Hi Luke, yeah all through a Zwo Asi 178mm camera. The G-band can be visual too as far as I know, never tried it in visual. I imagine it can, only Cak is beyond visual except if you're young. But even then I wouldn't advise it. 

1 hour ago, Dave Smith said:

Very nice. What scope were you using for the G band?

Dave

 

Hi Dave, my G-band scope is a cheap opticstar 127mm stopped down to 100mm with a mask. 

Hi all, just posting my last images of the month. 60mm DS lunt, B1800 lunt Cak module and AA G-band filter were used. 

Well done on that eruption, clouds and rain here since the 28th 

Another session this morning and afternoon. Amazing clarity today. Activity a little subdued today compared to the last several days, I guess the sun's having a rest, lol. Just packed up. 

There definitely needs a nerd thread/page going by how many 🤣 

6 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

Eat my shorts losers 🤣

Just Wow, you are the nerdiest nerd, live long and prosper, you are and always will be a 🤓 lol. 

Just now, Alan White said:

I am overcome with awe at your nerdyness @Nigella Bryant.

I knew I was a nerd but not how much, lol 😂 

19 minutes ago, AKB said:

Try this:

https://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im

My result:

 

I had to do it, lol,