Sol 2-6-16 08.25

[xtreemchaos]

seeings terrible thismorrning, sols nearly blank,its one of them ruff with the smooth jobbes, not a lot to focus on. taken with 120mm frac ,1.5x barlow,lunt solar wedge,1200d in mono. 80 frames staxed with regi and coloured in photoshop.  thanks for looking, hope you all have clear skys charl.

[Pete Presland]

Crikey that will be blank this tomorrow!

[Davey-T]

Smooothe disc Charl, still you get to play with the new camera, clouds here but at least it's stopped raining

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, its looking that way mate,ive got my fingers crossed something comes round.clear skys  charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, not a lot to focus on mate, tomorrow could be my first blank disc,hope not.hope it clears for you.charl.

[laudropb]

Nice if nearly empty disc. Sunny here and the seeing is not too bad. Looks like a blank disc tomorrow. How are you finding the new camera ?

[xtreemchaos]

thanks laudropb, looks like i might get my blank disc shot if the weather holds out. getting on allright with the camera, still need to find its sweet spot, but havnt had a decent spot to try it on yet, im going to try it with the ed80 tomorrow, tryed it on the summer behive lastnight , the subs look good but carnt stax due shooting at 18 megpix by mistake, ill give it another go tonight.clear skys charl.

[laudropb]

Sounds good Charl.

[JemC]

nice captures charl, glad to see new camera is doing it's job well

sorted my shutter count just over 19000,

[paulastro]

Thanks charl, well caught in poor conditions.  Looks like a blank one might be on the way

[Drop Of Sun]

Good to see the new cam in action, Charl. Some nice fine detail plucked from the conditions.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks James, you have a good way to go on the shutter count, its still in its prime.clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Paul, its looking that way mate, we will see what tomorror brings."probley cloud" clear skys  charl.

[cshahar]

Wow. I hope this really quiet sun does not herald a trend for the rest of the year...

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Drop of sun, hope we get some more action moving on to the disc soon.clear skys charl.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice capture, once more. That could well spell a blank disk tomorrow, or maybe with the trailing en of that AR right on the edge. I remember last minimum showed a blank WL disk for a month or more

I have never observed a minimum in Ca-K or H-alpha, so I am not sure what we will be up against

[Davey-T]

If this weather keeps I'm thinking of moving to Wales , any seeing is better than no seeing, this cloud has been going round and round over me for days 

Dave

 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks cshahar, me too mate.clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Michael, i dont mind a blank disc for a day, but once ive a pic of a blank disc, i dont need another. clear skys  charl.

[xtreemchaos]

Dave ,its a nice place to live,its a slow pace of living, good skys, bad roads, nice people. i carnt see myself ever moving, hope your cloud gos away, i had the same weather lastweek, id watch the cloud go oneway in the morrning and the other way in the afternoon. charl.

[Davey-T]

9 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

Dave ,its a nice place to live,its a slow pace of living, good skys, bad roads, nice people. i carnt see myself ever moving, hope your cloud gos away, i had the same weather lastweek, id watch the cloud go oneway in the morrning and the other way in the afternoon. charl.

I was born at Broadhaven during the war , not far from you, driven through Carmarthen a few times on the way to St Davids, I was  named after him, a mismatch if ever there was one 

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

you nearly passed my village on the the way to saint davids, if you went right at st clears im 2miles down the road in meidrim, you will have to call in next time your passing. charl.

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Nice capture, once more. That could well spell a blank disk tomorrow, or maybe with the trailing en of that AR right on the edge. I remember last minimum showed a blank WL disk for a month or more

I have never observed a minimum in Ca-K or H-alpha, so I am not sure what we will be up against

Do folks think we are close to a minimum? I'm struggling to interpret what Wikipedia says about the current cycle.

I think it would be quite good to get a shot of a truly blank disk as a 'starting point' in some ways its a significant event.

There's a project for you Charl, spend eleven years making an animation of the next cycle ;-)

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Neil, im on it allready mate 80 discs this year so far, sorry its a bit dark. clear skys charl

[Stub Mandrel]

Well done! Only about 4,000 left to go then ;-)