The Sun - 8th Dec 2014

[David Smith]

Probably the last one for a few weeks as I'm back at work tomorrow. Hard to believe I've had 4 days off and gone 4 for 4 in solar images over that period and managed to get out for a look at Jupiter on Friday.

08122014 by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

08122014Mono by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

[Qualia]

Cracking image, David

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice catch

[Steve Ward]

Great catch ... 

[Davey-T]

Super image, glad to see another AR  coming around.

Dave

[Montana]

What a fantastic holiday! I hope Christmas time will be just as good :)

Great shot as well

Alexandra

[Pete Presland]

very nice image, AR2222 nearly gone!

[Luke]

Woohoo, nice when the clear plays ball   Nice and sharp and a final tatty-bye to 2222. I will miss it greatly as it's the first AR I can remember the name of

Nice to see the AR's spreading themselves out to keep us going

[Stardust]

nice granulation, do you just use a white light filter or solar continuum as well

[David Smith]

Thanks all.

@Stardust -  just the Baader Solar Film. I have toyed with the idea of a continuum filter but all the reviews I have read leave me unconvinced of it's benefits when used with the Baader film. They seem to come highly recommended for use with a Herschel Wedge but less so for Solar Film imaging / observing. I did play with using a Wratten #56 / #58 green filter which was suggested as an alternative, but I didn't really see a big enough benefit to continue using it on a regular basis. Probably the greatest limiting factor on my images at this point is image size on chip. I still haven't found a way to increase this by enough but not too much, despite playing with a number of barlows, spacers and the like.

[sooot]

Great image david, 4 out of 4 whoo must be a first in history of solar imaging apart from steve ward of course