AR11818 & AR11823 in white light 18/08/2013

[cgarry]

I was playing with my new recent astro purchases today with the intention of imaging some sunspots between the clouds. I have not done much imaging of sunspots with a fast frame camera before so this is quite new to me. Anyway, these are the results:

AR11818 - 13:48 18/08/2013

AR11823 - 13:52 18/08/2013

Cheers,

Chris

[David Smith]

Very nice Chris. Were these taken with the dmk?

[cgarry]

Thanks David. These were taken with my ASI120MM (I really should update my sig), the DMK has been relegated to gathering dust on a shelf since I got the ASI.

Cheers,

Chris

[Steve Ward]

Very nice Chris ...

Waiting for a decent blue bit here to go through the same exercise with my new toy , was looking promising a while ago but the breeze has dropped away and the fluffies are slow moving now.

[cgarry]

Cheers Steve. I was extremely windy when I was out getting these and the seeing was all over the place. I hope you get a decent bit of blue sky to try out your new toy.

Here is another version of AR11818 from an earlier capture, imaged with a x2.5 powermate instead of a x3 barlow. I don't think the seeing was good enough to use a x3 barlow.

AR11818 - 11:53 18/08/2013

Cheers,

Chris

[DrRobin]

And very nice they are as well Chris, in fact stunning, the level of detail is superb.

Robin

[JamesF]

Lovely images, Chris. I've not tried my ASI120 for white light yet. I really must, obviously.

James

[cgarry]

Thanks Robin and James.

James, it took me ages to get round to using my ASI120 for solar imaging. It is definitely worth it though, capturing 640 x 480 frames @ 112 fps (or 512 x 440 frames @ 122 fps) is great for capturing lots of data during the moments of better seeing.

Cheers,

Chris

[Luke]

Very nice, Chris. Which scope were you using?

[cgarry]

Thanks Luke. I used the Esprit ED 120 Pro with a Baader Herschel Wedge for these images. Unfortunately I 'wasted' the best seeing at the start of the session by being mesmerised by the view through an EP. When will I learn not to put an EP in the scope...

Cheers,

Chris

[Montana]

Very very nice indeed

Alexandra