Halpha and Ca II K 1st January

[Montana]

With Steve and Roger I think we have the full set now

Seeing was appalling through the bedroom window today and with many clouds it took an hour to snap 3 pictures.

Halpha was definitely clearer than Ca II K.

First the Halpha (Single stack PST) / DMK41

2013-01-01 11-46-50 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

With blue proms it is possible to see the fainter ones in the north

2013-01-01 11-46-50 f colour b crop by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

More traditional

2013-01-01 11-46-50 f colour by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

Calcium II K PST / DMK41

2013-01-01 11-45-02 f colour by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

Happy New Year!

Alexandra

[Steve Ward]

Lovely start to a new campaign Alexandra , especially considering your slightly hampered viewing at the moment . . .

Another 364 like today and we'll all be happy . . .

Steve.

[DrRobin]

Nice capture, like the different processing on the proms. Looks like a late new years day dinner today then?

Happy New Yeat to all.

[David Smith]

Wow, I still love the CaK shots. Is this anything like what you see visually?

[Montana]

Mmmm I must confess I have only looked once in my life and all I could see was a purple splodge and had no idea where focus was as I couldn't really see the disc. Perhaps I should try again in mid summer when the image should be brighter, I'll let you know

Alexandra

[Stephen Green]

What great images

Stephen

[Fluke]

Lovely images.

Please repeat every day, all year lol

[PeterW]

At last something to see on the sun. Away from home so no chance to do any observing. I tried CaK observing with a guy who'd had a cataract operation... Still saw nothing much. Apart from white light I would recommend letting the camera and PC show you the sights! Same with planets, but I would always use my eye in the moon....

Fingers (and more) crossed for 2013 to give us more observing chances than 2012!

PEterW

[Montana]

Thanks everyone

If only it would be sunny everyday and I didn't have to work then there would be pictures everyday!

Alexandra

[AstroWolvy]

the cak shot is full of details, and also the h-alpha with even a huge prominence, i love them

here is cloudy and probably till the end of holiday

but i captured in time jupiter last night

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Great images Alexandra. No luck here yet. I am itching to test my ASI130 with the little Lunt, but solid cloud persists. I am not expecting to get anything near your kind of quality any time soon, but it would be great just to have a stab at it.

[Montana]

Thanks both of you

Michael, you'll soon be producing excellent images I am sure, we just need some sunshine!

Alexandra

[KE400]

Just noticed this post Alexandra, excellent images and the processing is excellent. Really like the blue prom process, I think it brings out even more great detail.

Congrats

[davo]

These are just fantastic

The Blue proms one really stands out.