Solar Imaging ShowCase 2016

[xtreemchaos]

Please add your fav Solar Images from 2016.

seasoned or new to the hobby all are welcome to build up Sols story for 2016.

Drawings would be good too or anything what gives us a true picture of the year.

thanks for your data. clear skys . charl.

Edited February 21, 2017 by xtreemchaos
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[xtreemchaos]

heres a few of mine to get us started, I consider myself still a learner, 2016 was my first full year imaging sol in whitelight, my biggist step forward was getting a lunt solar wedge. everything I have learnt ive learnt from you guys on here and without the SGL communty id  still been thinking about it, thanks all, clear skys, thanks for looking.  charl.

12-4-16, the monster with a heart. pre solar wedge, taken with badder film.

19-7-16 this is my fav of the year. taken with solar wedge

and a close up of the AR.

a close up nice spots but ive lost the dates.

 

9-10-16 taken with lunt solar wedge and AR127L.

Edited February 22, 2017 by xtreemchaos
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[johnfosteruk]

Well why not, twas my first year of Solar imaging too. Very much a learner so don't laugh. Or laugh if you like, I can take it, it very much boggles my brain that I'm capable of doing any of this imaging stuff  Onwards to better things in 2017!

In no particular order.

11/07/16. My very first Solar image (not that you'd know if I didn't tell you what it was), iPhone up to the EP, took some video and somehow managed to get it to stack. 

 

08/10/16 I think. AR2599 close up. My first decent close up.

09/08/16. Lots of spots, well, for me at the time anyway.

 

08/10/2016. Really good day for seeing.

 

01/09/16. Rather like this one too.

And a closeup the same day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by johnfosteruk

[xtreemchaos]

some great shots there John, some lovely detail caught. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Helen, I only just realize I had two titles the same . charl.

[Stub Mandrel]

My last attempt in the other thread went horribly wrong... you two have images that trump mine, but I'm fairly happy with the Mercury Contact GIF, considering it was with a £70 Lidl scope!

 

[xtreemchaos]

great shots Neil, sorry about the confusion about where to post. good to catch mercury, I missed it do to cloud, nice group in the top image. thanks, charl. 

[Uplooker]

As posted in the other thread ?

Didnt manage very much solar imaging in 2016 but did catch the transit of Mercury on 11th May.

TAL Stage 2 PST Mod & TIS DMK3 mono

 

[johnfosteruk]

19 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

you two have images that trump mine

You have the images that trump mate, I didn't see the Mercury transit at all thanks to work n clouds, all I could do was dip into Ibbo's live stream periodically.

[xtreemchaos]

great transit Ian, wished id seen it myself but the cloud gods wouldn't let me. sorry about you having to post it twice. clear skys. charl.

[Uplooker]

@xtreemchaos & @johnfosteruk

those are good images, would not have believed you were both beginners, had you not said.

I am no pro myself, just very lucky with the timing and conditions ?

[johnfosteruk]

25 minutes ago, Uplooker said:

@xtreemchaos & @johnfosteruk

those are good images, would not have believed you were both beginners, had you not said.

Thanks Ian

 

[Kevstew]

My first year too, got a Lunt ls50tha ds in march and a white light filter for my st80. 

[xtreemchaos]

amazing shots Kev, thay really do look spot on mate. fine skills you have. well done, charl.

[tooth_dr]

On 2/21/2017 at 21:25, Kevstew said:

My first year too, got a Lunt ls50tha ds in march and a white light filter for my st80. 

 

Amazing shots.  I would aspire to get images like that in the future.

[Uplooker]

Hi kev,

I agree totally with tooth_dr, amazing images, well done

[Moonshane]

Here's some of my 2016 sketches

 

 

 

[xtreemchaos]

great sketches Shane, all looking very good, that monster heartshaped AR is the one that will stick in my memory the most from last year, hope we get something like it this year. thanks. charl.

[David Smith]

A few of mine from last year. Lots to choose from hence being a bit late to the party! 2016 was really about picking up where I left off with my Ca-K imaging from 2015 but then I also added a Lunt white light wedge part way through the year.

And probably my favourite image of the year

Rarely do conditions allow you to capture all three lights reasonably well.

 

Edited March 5, 2017 by David Smith

[xtreemchaos]

some crackers in all lights there Dave, well done mate. lets hope 2017 will treat us as good. thanks,  charl.

[GreatAttractor]

Had a few fruitful sessions with the new 90 mm refractor/Lunt 50 etalon setup:

 

 

 

Animations (they take a while to load):

 

 

Edited March 16, 2017 by GreatAttractor

[xtreemchaos]

some cracking shots there Greatattractor, spot on detail in the Proms and coloured spot, I couldn't get the animations to load, just might be my internet its very slow today. thanks, clear skys, charl.

[Les Ewan]

A group of spots near Mercury during the transit on the 9th of May at 14:40BST and the giant naked eye sunspot on 22nd May.

[xtreemchaos]

great shots Les, I missed the transit of mercury due to spitefull clouds, the monster spot looks very good too mate. thanks, charl.

[Owmuchonomy]

Here is a selection of mine from 2016 all with either the Lunt 60, 130PDS (now sold) or ED80.

28 April 2016

26 July 2016

Mercury transit 8 x 15 minute intervals

30 July 2016

8 August 2016