Scorchio ... !!! Sun In White Light 06-07-2013. 07:00

[Steve Ward]

Phew , it's warm out there today ... very glad I got out and in early ....

Collected 100 on the disc first thing and had a job to reject any , stacked 75 @ 98% ....

Made one grave error though , sat and processed the disc over a nice sunny breakfast , and by the time I got the Mak set up the seeing was on the downhill slope ....

Shot 263 for the close-up , found just 30 half-decent frames and one absolute corker , stacked the 30 iffy's and tweaked the singleton , the single frame won hands down . . .

Full Disc , 75/100 @ 98%.

AR 11785 , Close-Up , Single frame ... !!!

AR 11785 , 30/263 .

1000D + ED80Pro / Mak180Pro + ND3.8 + 1.8 x Barlow + OIII.

Day by day album . . . http://www.astrobin....rs/steveward53/

[ilove1995]

Lovely image Steve.

[Bizibilder]

Very nice images - that single frame is a good'un!

[Wolfgangwand]

Very nice indeed.

[Moonshane]

really nice. it's got a bit busier since I last looked.

[Qualia]

Great images, Steve and thank you for sharing them. The sun has really been putting on a show recently and that developing sunspot (1785/87) have been spell binding.

Talking of the heat, I'm going to head out to my dark site later, but it's 8pm and still 44ºC outside in the shade! At 3 o'clock this afternoon, we registered 48ºC. I didn't know I could sweat in just so many parts before today

[Steve Ward]

48C .... !!!!

I get seriously unpleasant to be around when it hits 25C , shan't be dropping in on you for a cuppa any time soon . . . .

[JamesF]

Lovely images, Steve. That first close-up image is a stonker. Took a set a couple of hours ago myself. The camera was reporting a sensor temperature of 45C! I almost feel guilty for subjecting it to such abuse.

James

[JamesF]

Talking of the heat, I'm going to head out to my dark site later, but it's 8pm and still 44ºC outside in the shade! At 3 o'clock this afternoon, we registered 48ºC. I didn't know I could sweat in just so many parts before today

Rather too much information I think

I've not seen a thermometer today and I'm sure we've not nowhere near 48C, but it's been sweltering here (Bordeaux) today too. I'll live with it for the clear skies, but if it were cloudy to I'd be most unamused

James

[Steve Ward]

Today's disc bears more than a little resemblance to the way he looked a year ago ... Now that was a monster ...

6th July 2013 - 10th July 2012.

[scoobee]

liking the image, well-done

[David Smith]

Nice work Steve. That single frame is a belter.