July 28th - H Alpha - Through cloud - again!!

[paulastro]

It was forecast rain here virtually all day, but there was a bit of thinning between 6.44 am and 7.47 am so I quickly set up and took a few frames, all through cloud and the image below was the most cloud-free I managed.  Single frame with Lunt 60 DS, Olympus E-M10, 500 asa, taken at 7.46 am on 1/40 sec.

It was good to see the large filament is still impressive, and also how the filament to the S of it has developed a 'spike' pointing back toward the large one.  There is also a small hot spot near the E limb. As far as I could see, there were no significant prominences.

 

[Pete Presland]

I knew I could rely on your efforts,  nicely done again Paul. 

[xtreemchaos]

great shot Paul, my cloud wasnt as helpfull, i did see sol for about 5 sec but by the time id turned everything on it had gone, its raining now " oh what a lovely summer". you did well to beat the weather.well done and goodluck for 42.thanks  charl.

[Davey-T]

Well done Paul, one more ticked off.

Dave

[Ibbo!]

another smart capture

[paulastro]

4 hours ago, bunnygod1 said:

I knew I could rely on your efforts,  nicely done again Paul. 

Many thanks Pete, hopefully you'll have a clear spell or two tomorrow.

[paulastro]

4 hours ago, xtreemchaos said:

great shot Paul, my cloud wasnt as helpfull, i did see sol for about 5 sec but by the time id turned everything on it had gone, its raining now " oh what a lovely summer". you did well to beat the weather.well done and goodluck for 42.thanks  charl.

Thank you charl, it looks more favourable for you tomorrow - or it did when I checked earlier. 

[paulastro]

4 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Well done Paul, one more ticked off.

Dave

Cheers Dave.  I have to admit, I like observing the sun so much I'm miffed any day I can't observe it - and that's irrespective if it's a day or two weeks since I last observed.  I know, it's  a terrible condition to suffer from.

[paulastro]

3 hours ago, Ibbo! said:

another smart capture

Thanks Steve, or perhaps lucky! 

[David Smith]

Nice one Paul.

[laudropb]

Nice captures Paul.

[DrRobin]

41 and counting.  Amazing for a single shot and you got the thin 'fish hook' filament in as well. I noticed it was chucking it down at my house today, so you did well to get this shot.

Robin

[paulastro]

29 minutes ago, DrRobin said:

41 and counting.  Amazing for a single shot and you got the thin 'fish hook' filament in as well. I noticed it was chucking it down at my house today, so you did well to get this shot.

Robin

Many thanks Robin.  I was wandering what that other filament reminded me of and ' fish hook' fits the bill perfectly.  Excellent.  I'm going to use that in my observing book - with a suitable credit to your good self of course! .  I bet when you saw what the weather was like back home you were even more delighted that you are on holiday.

[cshahar]

Great image for the conditions Paul. That filament is definitely a looker.

-Charles

[paulastro]

5 hours ago, cshahar said:

Great image for the conditions Paul. That filament is definitely a looker.

-Charles

Many thanks Charles, possibly even better today.