The Sun - 29th December 2015

[David Smith]

Really is the 29th today

We had Sun and lots of it today Unfortunately the low angle means that I still only get about an hour of usable observing / imaging time. However today I was waiting for it

White lights are a bit uneven, shot whilst there were still some trees interfering but I wanted to use the main clear bit to do some Ca-K.

20151229 by David Smith, on Flickr

20151229Mono by David Smith, on Flickr

Then came the Ca-K. Not expecting too much I shot a two pane mosaic just as the Sun cleared the tree line. The wind was starting to pick up but I embarked on a 6 pane mosaic capture more in hope than in anticipation. Patiently (not like me at all ) I waited for the wind to drop before shooting each pane. Seems to have paid off....

20151229_CaK_6PaneFD by David Smith, on Flickr

Lastly and just before the Sun hit the trees again I shot a few panes through the PST. I did not get a full disk and the last pane would not stack (I think because the trees had started to encroach on the frame again) so ended up with a bit of an uneven noisy slice of H Alpha Sun. Better than what I have had of late - sweet

20151229_HA_Slice by David Smith, on Flickr

I feel refreshed now after a month with no Sun to speak of. Surprising how quickly you forget all the steps in your process, almost entirely forgot imPPG! Suspect this will be my last solar session for 2015 based on the forecast so I will probably have forgotten again by the next opportunity.

[Davey-T]

Lovely stuff David, nice to see some folks  getting Sun today, had the same trouble yesterday, forgot to plug in the Quark and couldn't find the external USB drive I capture direct to.

Dave

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lovely images, and stunning Ca-K in particular

[Pete Presland]

Superb set of images.

[Drop Of Sun]

Nice one, David. I forgot something or other on my first session for a while too, there was some frantic hunting!

The CaK looks to have come out the best?

[DrRobin]

Nice set David, well worth the wait to get the CaK right.

It is clear back home just now (12:00 31/12/15) so hope you are getting some more images? Just waiting for the sun to clear the trees to start mine.

Robin

[Montana]

Super shots! would be almost blank without that big region and nothing following on by the looks of the CaK disc

Happy New Year!

Alexandra