The Sun - 15th Aug 2015

[David Smith]

Early start this morning to try and make the most of the forecast clear bit.

White lights via DSLR

20150815 by David Smith, on Flickr

20150815mono by David Smith, on Flickr

Ca-K via QHY5 / EZPlanetary

20150815_CaK by David Smith, on Flickr

Close-ups using 1.5x barlow. I did try the 2x but seeing wasn't really good enough for that today.

20150815_CaK_AR12400_1.5x by David Smith, on Flickr

20150815_CaK_AR12401_1.5x by David Smith, on Flickr

I called this one the big prom as there were several. I ran some other captures but they did not come out very well. This one I felt was worth posting.

20150815_CaK_BigProm by David Smith, on Flickr

All the Ca-K above were shot with EZPlanetary in 8 bit mode. I wanted to have a go with FireCapture and / or SharpCap as I can get 16 bit captures with these. I didn't get much joy with FireCapture but SharpCap seemed to work pretty well.

AR12401 @ 1000mm FL. It's a shame this one is about to head over the limb as it looks quite lively.

SharpCap_Test by David Smith, on Flickr

2 pane mosaic @ 1000mm FL

20150815_SharpCap_Slice by David Smith, on Flickr

[xtreemchaos]

great images Dave,lovely CaK close ups,we have a sunny day here but with a bit of cloud.thanks for posting.charl.

[sooot]

a fine set david, you have took like a duck to water with the cak, great catch with the prom

[Davey-T]

Nice set, loving the CaK .

Dave

[1parsec]

Superb Ca-K set -  Fantastic prom too. 

[Luke]

Very nice collection, David. Your CaK images look like you've been doing it for a good while! Love the colour.

I was good to go at that time too but the clouds had other ideas! Bit frustrating here, lovely clear blue to the West that refused to move a mile or two East   So shot through thin cloud and gave up waiting!

[Pete Presland]

Great set of images an early start is my plan for tomorrow.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

[laudropb]

A very nice set of images. Love the detail you have captured in CaK. Thanks once again for posting.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lovely set. Great CaK shots.