Sol WL, HA, Proms 25-5-17

[xtreemchaos]

cracking skys thismorrning, tiptop seeing, but I'm feeling under the weather, think ive got flu, so just a qwick process, ive still 145gb to do but I'm leave it for today my head fells like its in the shed.

kit ed80, quark chromo, asi 120mc for HA, 120mm f5 frac, lunt wedge, 1200d for WL.

hope you all have these wonderfull skys, thanks for looking. charl.

WL MONO.

AR2659.

AR2659 Again diff frame.

 

 AR2659. Artistic I could not help myself...

proms in no order. these have just been staxed no other processing

1

2

3 invert.

 

4

5

6 quite a change in 5 min between these shots 5 and 6

 

WL coloured.

[StargeezerTim]

A cracking series of images Charl...

[laudropb]

Another lovely set Charl. Nice and sunny here too. Hope your feeling better soon.

[Craney]

Those detailed surface shots are wonderful....."AR2659. Artistic I could not help myself..."    Science and art...great combo...

They remind me of those 3-D  stereographic images where if you defocus and stare at them long enough something emerges  !! 

 

Sean.

[Pete Presland]

A fine set of images, there was plenty going on when I had a look on route to work as well. 

[Peter Drew]

Super set again Charl, some compensation for the lurgey you are suffering! The surge activity I reported in the observing section is situated about 1/3 of the way from the top of your no 4 prom images, you can see a small blip which has since developed.  

[Davey-T]

Nicely done Charl, just been doing a bit of visual and seeing is pretty steady, hope it last to get some images.

2659 looking very bright like it may do a bit of flaring.

Dave

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Tim, hope you have some clear mate. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks John, ill hopefully feel better soon thanks, charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Sean, your so kind, it was just potluck mate, havnt the head for processing today, as you can see with all the different sized prom frames clear skys, charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Peter, very active mate, sols outa range for me now but I did get 20min or so vis. clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, shame you have to work on a lovely day like today mate, hope you have some clear for when you get home. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, it is very bright mate, hope you catch a flare, well outa range for me now, hoping for the same weather tomorrow. charl.

[MarsG76]

Awesome detail. Nice work.

[johnfosteruk]

Cracking set of captures Charl. I'd love to see you doing some prom animations mate.

[Ibbo!]

I'm 2 weeks into the cold and still getting the fuzzy head -though not as bad as it was .

Nice images.

keep warm and the fluids up

[SteveBz]

4 hours ago, xtreemchaos said:

cracking skys thismorrning, tiptop seeing, but I'm feeling under the weather, think ive got flu, so just a qwick process, ive still 145gb to do but I'm leave it for today my head fells like its in the shed.

kit ed80, quark chromo, asi 120mc for HA, 120mm f5 frac, lunt wedge, 1200d for WL.

hope you all have these wonderfull skys, thanks for looking. charl.

WL MONO.

AR2659.

Hi Charl,

You always have the most amazing photos.

I had hoped to get something like your first one -  I can't even dream of your other shots.

Here is today's effort:

But it's not a shadow of yours.  What can I do?  This is DSLR through my 8" Newtonian, but with a small Baader film filter (you know it's got a small cap of about 58 mm on the main dust cap).  It's ISO 100 and 1/40 secs.  There is no post-processing.

I tried to use my new Arduino driven auto-focus for the first time, but fell back to manual focus.  I think your focus is better than mine.  How do you get that amazing focus, for instance on the Active region.

Your contrast is also so much better than mine, clearly showing granularity.

Finally, I suspect light leakage during the day is more of an issue than at night.

Regards

Steve.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks MG, hope you have some clear mate. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks John, I'm working upto it mate, I'm keeping all my ser files so when I get the time ill be doing some, I've over a tb of data waiting for bad skys.charl

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Steve, I'm drinking plenty of coco and keeping warm, but thismorrning I was like a zombie, my arms felt like lead, my heads like it in  washing machine, should feel better tomorrow hopefully thanks mate. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Stevebz, your so kind mate, your pic is quite good mate, I use a frac for sol, newts do weird things when in the sun and using the small hole in you lid cuts down the detail you would get better results with a full filter over the end of you scope, I also use a Lunt solar wedge which is very contrasty , you cant use them with newts because of the heat build up on the mirrors, focus comes with practice keep at it and you will soon get the hang, I have marks on my focuser so that gets me near.

WL is hard, HA is no easyer but you have a lot more detail to play with, todays AR2659 is small and that can make it a lot harder to catch the detail.

clear sky charl.

[Ibbo!]

23 minutes ago, xtreemchaos said:

thanks Steve, I'm drinking plenty of coco and keeping warm, but thismorrning I was like a zombie, my arms felt like lead, my heads like it in  washing machine, should feel better tomorrow hopefully thanks mate. charl.

sounds about right

[David Smith]

Super set Charl. That Quark has really worked out well for you.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, yes mate I'm very happy with it mate ,its so forgiving mate, it gives me fantastic detail to work with, nice and clear here thismorrning, theres a prom at 2 oclock that looks like its going to lift. hope you have clear. charl.