Solar Sunday - 27th January

[markt]

Sunday dawned unusually of late with clear skies for me, commitments meant I could only squeeze an hour or so observing in when the sun was only ~10deg altitude, however one has to make the most of opportunities no matter how fleeting.

First of the CaK full disk taken with the 70mm @ f6 with the DMK31. Really too much aperture and too poor seeing for such a low altitude sun, but its just about come out ok...

cak full disk bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

cak full disk colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Moving onto the 70mm with the Ha filter in, I decided to run it with the 2x barlow whcih gives me ~ 1000mm fl. There is alot going on, it's just all small scale stuff...

north crop bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

north crop colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

A little down the limb I just loved the wispy proms!

prom crop by Mark Townley, on Flickr

prom crop colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

It's not very often I get so many observations in january, so i've been pleased with what this month has given me!

Hope the sun is shining for you!

Mark

[Peter Drew]

Great pics Mark. Sun also out here today but gale force winds spoiled the show.

[Ibbo!]

you have not lost your touch mark with the enforced break

about a month for me to get reasonable time on the sun

Steve

[Uplooker]

Hi Mark,

Great captures yet again, especially considering the poor seeing that you mention

Ian

[hunterknox]

Mark, I really appreciate your technical write-ups, but it's your pics that genuinely inspire me. Here's to the 2013 solar season!

[markt]

Thanks guys! Appreciate your kind words!

It's good the sun is getting higher in the sky, means weather permitting I can get a good couple of hours in on a weekend now, will soon be able to observe on evenings after work too...

I know not best to buy too much into weather forecasts, but they are suggesting pressure could be higher next weekend, which must have some chances of clear skies, fingers crossed!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Those images are absolutely awesome! Well done!

I have moved this to the imaging section, where it will get more discussion

[Montana]

Great pics Mark looking forward to many more, glad to see you back here

Alexandra

[markt]

Thank you!

i didn't realise there was a solar imaging section, I will make sure I use it now...

Here's a few more from sunday, they didn't come out well first time I processed, but then reprocessed using a smaller percentage of the stack and hey presto all is rosy again...

First off some CaK, 70mm f12.

CaK closeup bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

CaK closeup colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Then back to the 70mm solar scope @ f15, a few more proms for good measure...

southerly prom by Mark Townley, on Flickr

southerly prom by Mark Townley, on Flickr

faint prom colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Hope you like! Roll on the clear skies!

Mark

[DrRobin]

Great surface detail, both scopes working really well

[mert]

Those are amazing pics, thanks for sharing.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That second batch is stunning too!