Sol 11-10-16 09.00 "updated"

[xtreemchaos]

nice and sunny here but the seeing has gone to pot ,so no close up today, but ill update if i get better. kit- ed80, 1.5x barlow, lunt wedge, 1200d in mono and 1:1 crop mode. the old AR has nearly gone , just the big spot and the classic spot left, hope we get something new coming round. thanks for looking, clear skys ,charl.

mono.

coloured.

coloured invert

got a few frames at 11.30 with my ed80 and ASI120MC for a action shot

and the othier side'

[Pete Presland]

Nicely captured,  nice blue skies here now as well. 

[Davey-T]

Good early catch Charl, clouds here but it's supposed to clear later.

Second day I've got up at cocks crow to try and capture Venus and Mercury in the dawn sky and got a big bank of cloud in the way 

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, that's good mate, hope you have good seeing. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, that's dedication mate getting up at that time, just got some vid with the ccd, the seeing still not great here, so I thought id get as many frames as I could and dump 90% of them for a action shot. clear skys .charl. 

[David Smith]

Good set that Charl. Lots of cloud here today. I think the weather has cottoned on to the fact I don't have to go to work 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, cloudy here too today, theres the odd bit of blue about, im keeping my eye on the sky, might get lucky. hope it clears for you .  charl.

[Davey-T]

Been waiting for the rain to stop here, quite cloudy with bits of blue ATM, don't know whether to set up or not, got set up for nocturnal imaging in clear sky last night but it promptly clouded over and started raining.

Guess that's one advantage of being indoors Charl as you're always poised with your finger on the trigger

Dave 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, yer mate no fafing around getting PA, allways setup, trouble is ive got lazy and do far too much from indoors at night when i should be out. sun came out here and its nice and clear at the moment, seeing quite good aswell. ive just posted some pics, hope it clears at yours.  charl.

[Davey-T]

Set up and waited for 2 hours for a big blue bit, tried to focus and realised I'd forgotten to turn on the Quark USB  socket on the power supply so got a nice "WL" image 

Turned it on now and waiting for another blue bit 

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

weve all done it mate, my useal forgetting is to not charge batterys and lens cap, ive done that a few times, wondering why i carnt focus on anything. well the weather carnt makes its mind up first sunny then cloudy then rain and now theres not a cloud in the sky, as soon as the moon rises thay will come from all directions.  charl.

[johnfosteruk]

Great images Charl considering the seeing.

[cshahar]

Lovely details Charl, as your closeups certainly suggest! I particularly like the framing of the two ARs.

-Charles