Sol 6-6-16 08.25

[xtreemchaos]

well its still blank, 20 frames staxed with regi,taken with ed80, 1.5x barlow, lunt solar wedge, 1200d.coloured in photoshop.thanks for looking,clear skys charl. ps best in full viewmono pic added from 09.45 60 frames staxed.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice captures. Very bare disk indeed. I might try using the C8 to see if I can find the pores Moonshane spotted over the weekend.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Michael, i did a bit of vis earlyer with the big frac and couldnt see anything,but you might have better luck with the c8. clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

could these be some pores ?

[Davey-T]

Nice disc Charl, looks well focused if you zoom in, no sign of Johans spot from yesterday, I think he P'Shopped it in 

Dave

[Davey-T]

Something here, bit like "Spot the Ball"

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, so pores are white are thay ?, ive been looking for black ones, my close up is taken with the AR127L which is cropped a bit at 9.25am. have the clouds gone from yours yet? hope so. charl.

[Stu]

12 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

thanks Dave, so pores are white are thay ?, ive been looking for black ones, my close up is taken with the AR127L which is cropped a bit at 9.25am. have the clouds gone from yours yet? hope so. charl.

Pores are small sunspots which have yet to develop penumbral areas surrounding them. They appear black. No idea what the bright spot in Dave's image is!!

Like this....

[Davey-T]

13 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

thanks Dave, so pores are white are thay ?, ive been looking for black ones, my close up is taken with the AR127L which is cropped a bit at 9.25am. have the clouds gone from yours yet? hope so. charl.

No not a spot just a "thing"

Yes can actually see the Sun today, first time in a month

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

 thanks Stu, arh so im on the right track then, i take that image wasnt taken today mate ?,great image.charl.

[xtreemchaos]

glad you have some sun mate, its 50/50 here today,but hot as hell. so its a thingy, trust me to bark up the wrong tree. charl.

[Davey-T]

Have you seen Shanes pic' in Solar observing section ? just make out something.

Dave

[Stu]

6 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

 thanks Stu, arh so im on the right track then, i take that image wasnt taken today mate ?,great image.charl.

Tee hee! That's a google images special!!

[xtreemchaos]

yer mate, i did look at that area with the AR127 at 180x but couldnt see anything, the only place i got a hint of anything black was where i got the close up

8 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Have you seen Shanes pic' in Solar observing section ? just make out something.

charl.

[xtreemchaos]

6 minutes ago, Stu said:

Tee hee! That's a google images special!!

oh id love to be getting pics like that mate,thanks charl.

[Davey-T]

Well that didn't last long, just started to have a play with my new tilt adapter and the clouds are back 

Had a quick look through the LS60DS but couldn't see any spots forming, may show up better in WL.

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

thats a shame mate, hope it clears mate, the forcast dont look good here for the next few days,but i think you will deff have some clear skys tomorrow. charl.

[Pete Presland]

A nice sharp disc.

[Moonshane]

I  think you circled what I could see as above

Here's my sketch

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks moonshane, i think your right mate, my image is upside down, i must remember to flip it, im still getting used to the H wedge. charl.

[Ant-33]

Hi xtreemchaos - Nice image. I'm just curious, how do you get such good focus when there are no real features (sunspots) to focus on?

Yesterday I tried getting a good focus on the edge of the Sun, but when I came to process the images, the focus wasn't good enough to bring out any of the surface granularity. My setup was similar - Lunt Herschel wedge with SC filter (and uv/ir block) and a dslr. I end up with a towel over my head and computer screen, trying to see how good my focus is, but without obvious features I seem to end up with an approximation.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Ant, i use the faculae, the white snakey stuff you get near the edges, i also have felttip marks on the draw tube of my scope to get me near focus when i first start, i take a pic and the check it zoomed in with the ios utilty, and a little bit of luck aswell.  clear skys charl.

[Ant-33]

1 minute ago, xtreemchaos said:

thanks Ant, i use the faculae, the white snakey stuff you get near the edges, i also have felttip marks on the draw tube of my scope to get me near focus when i first start, i take a pic and the check it zoomed in with the ios utilty, and a little bit of luck aswell.  clear skys charl.

 Well, you got great results with your method. I guess I need more practice, since I'm pretty new to solar imaging.

Clear skies - Tony

[xtreemchaos]

i only started taking images of sol last November so im still learning myself, ive been doing vis for over 40years but son brought me a camera and ive never looked back, wish id started years ago. charl.

6 minutes ago, Ant-33 said:

 Well, you got great results with your method. I guess I need more practice, since I'm pretty new to solar imaging.