The Sun - 22nd Mar 2015

[David Smith]

Clear skies today gave me cause for optimism as I could get back out and do some more solar imaging after Friday's antics   Little did I know at that point the battle I would be facing to get anything passable! Combination of absolutely horrible seeing and one of those "if it can go wrong it will go wrong days" means I feel quite weary with it all tonight The white lights are the product of my third imaging run of the day. The first were just too horrible to stack, the second better but not by a lot and the third - well see for yourself. Suffice to say best I could do under the conditions. EOS Utils decided it did not want me to use live view zoom on my laptop for some reason (seeing was so bad focussing on the camera lcd was next to impossible), AS!2 really did not like my wobbly H alpha video files and then I forgot to shoot any flats for the H alphas

Ah well, at least the Sun was out, I got to catch some rays, the grass got cut and the dog enjoyed some exercise.

20150322 by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

20150322mono by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

20150322_NWQuad by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

20150322_NEQuad by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

[sooot]

Time for a tilt adapter. You done well with the conditions

[David Smith]

Thanks Craig. Like you, I tried to do some H alpha full disks but AS!2 spat the data out in disgust.

[Luke]

They've come out well, David, worth the hassles.

I feel like I got a mauling today. Sun was pulsing like it had a headache for much of the session. Like a mug I stayed out for a while, when focus snapped in there was good detail. I normally refocus a few times over the session to play safe, but it was one of those days when if it looked like I was more or less there with focus, I wasn't gonna touch it

Still catching up on files from Friday (post eclipse!), I look forward to AS2 saying "What the!" to my attempts with the 120mm today

[theo]

Great images for the conditions you describe David.

Pete

[Montana]

Excellent WL, where did all those spots spring from :)  I spent most of the day processing instead, unusual for me to not go out in the Sun by choice.

Alexandra