The Sun in White Light 21st Feb 2016

[David Smith]

A challenging day to get any kind of solar astronomy done at all but the clouds broke for a while this morning and I couldn't let one of so few opportunities go to waste. However with winds gusting to ~45mph and clouds racing across the sky at around warp 5 it was tricky just keeping the scope on the ground! Having said that there were a few brief moments when the wind dropped and the clouds parted and I was reminded of summer Fortunately when the clouds were complicit I could drop the shutter speed right down to 1/3500th second almost eliminating the issue of the high winds. I do need to get rid of that bunny though

Had a quick visual session with the PST but clouds were becoming the norm again by this point so was not able to get any H alpha or Ca-K imaging done. Right, I'm off bunny hunting

 

[Lowjiber]

Good work in horrible conditions.

In the desert, we often get high winds that blow a bunch of dirt into the lower atmosphere.  Tuning an Ha is impossible.

Thanks for sharing your work.

Clear, Dark Skies

[xtreemchaos]

great result Dave, no break in the clouds here, a fully gray day..thanks for sharing,charl.

[laudropb]

Very nice image. Rained here non-stop for last 3 days.

[Davey-T]

Good catch worth the effort David .

Dave

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good capture. Nice to see some more sunspots developing

[Pete Presland]

A fine end result. 

[Drop Of Sun]

Well done getting a good result from challenging conditions. 45mph is not fun with a 120mm!