Nigella Bryant

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, 

On 21/02/2024 at 20:43, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

I thought hanging around with middle class nerds might rub off...

I'm a middle class nerd, apparently, lol. Well, according to the diagram. I only look down on the little guy but look up to the other guy, I know my place, lol. 🤣 

Another nice solar session this morning with the triple wavelength scopes. My armoury of wavelengths pic too, G-band, HA and Calcium II K. 

52 minutes ago, inFINNity Deck said:

Excellent work as always!

Nicolàs

Thanks Nicolàs, much appreciated too. 

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

Love it, Nigella 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks Jeremy, much appreciated. 

3 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Thanks for sharing Nigella and super images from you as always.
Most thankful as while clear today, I was sat in the office and not at home😟

Thanks Alan, much appreciated. Yeah, so many times life gets in the way of our hobbies. 

11 minutes ago, inedible_hulk said:

Fabulous as always 😎

Thanks, much appreciated. 

48 minutes ago, Dragon_Sky said:

Lovely captures there, so much going on with the Sun at the moment. Lots of sunspots too.

I was imaging this morning with my Lunt, caught the same huge prom that you did on the bottom left 👍🏻

There's so much to see and image, it's difficult to know what to image. 

Hi all, some nice activity again today. Loving solar maximum. I used the Lunt 60mm DS, the Bresser 100mm stopped down to 80mm with the Zwo Asi 178mm cameras. 

9 hours ago, StarHugger said:

Awesome images Nigella, thanks for Sharing it all so well !

Thanks, much appreciated. 

13 hours ago, Rusted said:

Another superb set! 

Thanks Rusted, much appreciated.