Amazed i got a view today!

[Pete Presland]

Amazed I got anything today, thick cloud most of the day. A few lighter, higher clouds for a short period this afternoon. Managed a couple of short runs through the high haze and captured some decent detail.

Celestron ED80, ND5 filter + No58 green filter, DMK21au618. I have only just started using the No58 filter, it certainly improves the images, perhaps not as much as a Continuum filter. Stacked around 400 frames out of 1800 inReg6.

[Davey-T]

Well worth the effort Pete, spent a lot of time looking for gaps today but the few there were managed to avoid the Sun.

Dave

[Aussie Dave]

A good solar result Pete. Interesting too with the No.58 green filter, the only colour I haven't tried. Have you tried any other colours? Blue work well for me the last time I attempted solar.

[JemC]

A good image captured there in spite of the conditions

[Pete Presland]

3 minutes ago, Aussie Dave said:

A good solar result Pete. Interesting too with the No.58 green filter, the only colour I haven't tried. Have you tried any other colours? Blue work well for me the last time I attempted solar.

The only other I tried was the 0iii filter, not even sure why I used it to be honest. The N058 made an instant improvement to my images, I don't do a great deal of "white lights" unless there is a large spot transiting such as this one.

[Pete Presland]

13 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Well worth the effort Pete, spent a lot of time looking for gaps today but the few there were managed to avoid the Sun.

Dave

It was complete luck to be honest, I am not working Friday afternoons at the moment. I was just doing dinner and browsing a very popular astro forum, when I spotted a couple of lighter patches. The whole session couldn't have lasted longer than 30 minutes before it was thick cloud again. Looks like Sunday might be better though.

[Aussie Dave]

Have thought about using my Olll filter too in conjunction with other filters, I guess I can cross that off the list then

[Pete Presland]

4 minutes ago, Aussie Dave said:

Have thought about using my Olll filter too in conjunction with other filters, I guess I can cross that off the list then

Obviously this has to be judged on face value as it was a completely different session, but it was the same set up other than the filter. I hadn't had much success with the 0iii, so that's why I tried the No58 filter.

[xtreemchaos]

great close up Pete, your deff on the right track filter wise, i think ive got a 58 somewhere,ill have to find it and give it a try with the solar wedge.thanks  charl.

[Stu]

Very nice Pete, plenty of detail given the conditions currently

[Ibbo!]

nicely done

only a brief glimpse through the pst for me

[Ewan]

Great shot Pete !

[laudropb]

Very nice image Pete.

[Lowjiber]

Nice image, Pete.  Fine details are really good around the spot.

Thanks for sharing.

Clear Skies

[Drop Of Sun]

Very nice fine detail, Pete, I was happy to see some rays here too, I had written off the weekend on Friday.

That's interesting about the filter.