Solar Whitelight 4 May 2015

[Stub Mandrel]

Gorgeous weather today for most people but I can't help being nervous about high haze :-(

Still I got 200 subs at 1/2000 sec of a very calm sun. AS!2 refused to stack it properly but Registax came up trumps this time. Not too bad, but a bit crinkled at the edge. Looks like we may have a big spot on show to accompany Mercury if we get a clear day Monday!) Now Mercury cruising over a big sunspot - that would be ace!

[xtreemchaos]

great shot Neil,yer the new spot looks great, it was the first thing i spotted when doing vis thismorrning. thanks charl. ps it looks like two spots in vis.

[Stub Mandrel]

Thanks Charl. I also too a load of shots at 200 asa and longer exposure - I think there was less cloud and they have come out a bit better. I have pushed the processing a bit hard though.

[Stu]

48 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

great shot Neil,yer the new spot looks great, it was the first thing i spotted when doing vis thismorrning. thanks charl. ps it looks like two spots in vis.

It's a nice group, actually there are three spots in it that I could see this morning. Looks promising for the next week.

[David Smith]

Looks like something big on the way around.

[laudropb]

Nice image. Let's hope for some clear skies to get a view of the new spot.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice disk sporting that new AR on the eastern edge. Could be a big one

[paulastro]

Lovely pics Neil.  I checked the forecast earlier and I think you'll get some sun on Monday, looks good from where I am too and fine to the North.  At least it's not going to be a wash out.

[Stub Mandrel]

Fingers crossed - clear outside has me at about 96% cloud all day.

[Pete Presland]

Nice discs good to see another new A/R coming.

[Stub Mandrel]

What has interested me is that because I took two runs, one at 200ASA and one at 800, I can compare the subtle pale patches and lines. As he most significant of them are on both images I can assume they are real!

[Davey-T]

Nicely done Neil, lots of high cloud here so spent the day practicing for the transit.

Dave