Sun in WL snatched this morning, 29 april 16

[The Admiral]

Early this morning the sky to the north was a lovely blue, but to the south, patches of cirrus and stratus in the distance . However, the high cloud to the south cleared sufficiently and I hurriedly set up the 'scope. Just in time, as by the time I was ready to align some scattered cumulus started popping up, and I had to wait for a cloud to shift before I could complete it. It didn't take too long as the clouds were scudding by a quite a rate, and I must admit I hadn't appreciated how breezy it was a ground level, which rattled the 'scope a bit. Anyway, I was using 1/1000th sec exposures to minimise any affect of shake, and it seemed to work. I'm quite pleased with the detail I got. I took lots of sets, but ended up with putting 67 into AS!2, stacking the best 11 frames in AS!2 and finishing off in Picture Window Pro. RAWs converted to TIFFs in Capture 1 for AS!2 to digest. Taken with Altair Wave 102mm f7 SuperED APO, Baader Solar filter, Explore Scientific x2 2" focal extender, Fuji X-T1, Nexstar 6/8SE alt-az mount.

Hope you like.

Ian

Some crops of the features.

Edited April 29, 2016 by The Admiral

[xtreemchaos]

great shots mate,cracking detail.well done.thanks charl.

[The Admiral]

Thanks Charl. The seeing turned out much better than I expected, particularly after the recent few days.

Ian

[David Smith]

Some nice images Ian, well done.

[The Admiral]

Thanks David.

Ian

[JemC]

very nice images indeed,

and lucky to capture anything with the current weather

James

[Pete Presland]

Superb white light disc. There is a lot activity when you look at it.

[The Admiral]

Thanks for your kind comments, James and bunnygod1.

We've already had some heavy showers today, so I'm glad I brought the gear in in good time!

Ian

[laudropb]

Very nice set of images. I am missing all the action. Total cloud cover here.

[Davey-T]

Good catches Ian, nice detail, rubbish weather here.

Dave

[The Admiral]

Thanks laudropb and Dave. A bit rubbish here now, but with the occasional disarmingly blue patch of sky! The atmosphere really is in an unstable state at the moment.

Ian

[paulastro]

That's one hell of a good 'snatch' Ian, excellent images.  Many thanks for posting.

[The Admiral]

Thanks for your kind remarks Paul, much appreciated.

Ian

[Ewan]

Very nice captures, the weekend is looking good as well.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Ewan

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice collection of shots (and of spots)

[The Admiral]

Thanks Ewan and Michael. I haven't done any more solar this weekend, but I did get out last night. It seemed beautifully clear.

Ian