The Sun 2nd September 2017

[tich]

It wasn't looking to promising when I set up today due to the skies being quite hazy & cloud here & there, however I set up anyway & had a look in the eye pieces in all 3 scopes, the sunspots were putting on a good show in both white light & Ha so I thought I'd have a go at some imaging again. The DMK41 is working fine as I were using Firecapture this time so I just stuck to using that camera for this session. The Ha is taken using the Lunt 35 basic to get the full disc & a 2X barlow on the nose piece for the closer up images, I wouldn't mind finding a 3X that will screw on the end sometime just to see what I can get.
The white light images were taken using the Bresser Messier 127L & Lunt wedge to begin with then I swapped the wedge over to the ED100 & used a 3X Barlow for the close ups as the image just seemed that bit better using it.
Anyhow enough of my waffling this is about the best I managed from around 40GB of data.
























 

[Ibbo!]

good collection Tich

[Pete Presland]

A fine collection of images, plenty of detail visible there.

[tich]

Thanks it were nice to get out again, to much cloud around today though which is a pity as I'd like to have seen those spots again.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice set of images. Great detail in those close-ups in particular

[tich]

Thanks Michael, it's the first time I've tried getting up close for more spot detail too so I'm pretty pleased with the result, this solar imaging can be quite addictive.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

4 minutes ago, tich said:

Thanks Michael, it's the first time I've tried getting up close for more spot detail too so I'm pretty pleased with the result, this solar imaging can be quite addictive.

It is addictive, and rather warmer than all other forms of AP

 

[tich]

Even warmer when you have your head under a blanket staring at a laptop screen, still should be nice during the winter months...