Show us your set up in action during the day.

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, mikeDnight said:

Ready and waiting for viewing the partial solar eclipse on June 10, but the cloud's had other idea's. 😭

 

 

Very nice, Mike. Is that a lovely new Tak altaz head? 
How do you find it?

Edited June 13, 2021 by JeremyS

[mikeDnight]

On 13/06/2021 at 15:57, JeremyS said:

Very nice, Mike. Is that a lovely new Tak altaz head? 
How do you find it?

It is Jeremy!  I bought it as a Takahashi Teegul Altaz a couple of months ago, but the long arm allowed for some vibration.

I decided to lose the arm and couple the altitude axis directly onto the Azimuth axis. This wasn't of my own originality, as many in the U.S made this improvement, known as a Teegul/Lapides mount after the designer of the adaptation. The mount is now rock solid on the Vixen tripod. Many people use this mount attached to a camera tripod, but I doubt such a tripod would be upto the job of holding the DZ steady enough. The motions are the smoothest I've ever experienced on any Altaz and magically doesn't seem to display any amount of sticktion. The axe's move flawlessly and firmly at the touch of a finger, but the mount also has perfect slow motion controls for higher power viewing. 

Edited June 15, 2021 by mikeDnight

[garryblueboy]

Been a while since I did any solar viewing just getting back into it wow I’ve missed those views 

[JeremyS]

45 minutes ago, garryblueboy said:

Been a while since I did any solar viewing just getting back into it wow I’ve missed those views 

Crikey, Garry. Can that solar rig see through those clouds?
🤣

Edited July 11, 2021 by JeremyS

[garryblueboy]

2 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Crikey, Garry. Can that solar rig see through those clouds?
🤣

Just about Jeremy I kinda like the the exercise of going in sun pops out go out sun disappears 😂😂😊

[Victor Boesen]

On 10/06/2021 at 20:03, Victor Boesen said:

I somehow stumbled upon this thread again and would like to update my daytime setup:) I received a daystar quark chromosphere in the start of May and been enjoying it a lot! It's compact, easy to use and it seems I've received a great unit!

Above is my Tecnosky 102 F7 apo refractor with the quark. Works great for teasing out details in prominences and active regions. Yesterday I'm confident I was also able to observe a small filaprom. The photo was taken today at the partial solar eclipse, my first solar eclipse

Next up is my Evostar 72 and the quark, this time on a photo tripod and light AZT6 mount head. I also use my 4" on this mounting solution but it's just on the limit. The Evostar is great for full disks and it can reveal a suprising amount of detail when stopped down to 40-50mm. The same is obviously true for the 4" when stopped down to ~70mm but can't fit a full disk in that one.

Anyone else got some upgrades to their daytime setups? The sun is beginning to put on a show again, and I'm happy I chose to get a quark at this moment!

Victor

And now some time later I also have white light capabilities

I'm using a 2" Lacerta wedge together with some Baader accessories. It's a great step up from my white light solar film on my Evostar 72ED, and I think it's worth every penny. Being able to observe fine granulation, faculae and high detail in sunspots really made white light worth it for me again!

Above is an image I took with my OnePlus 7 pro through the eyepiece today. First time observing a decent sunspot and I'm very satisfied. The green color is from my OIII filter acting as a solar continuum filter;)

Victor

Edited July 11, 2021 by Victor Boesen

[Oldfort]

I've finally got a solid connection of scope to camera, via TV powermate (2.5 x).  It works well with the PST and the TV 76 plus Lunt wedge.

I now need to get better focus, especially with the PST, and then work on processing.

 

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[Paul M]

Not a spectacular action shot but here is the Big Gun taking flats after last night's session. I took this opportunity to weigh the fully loaded OTA. 

I'll whisper it so as not to cause embarrassment: 16 Kg! Over 35 pounds 🤪. 

Not so much Skywatcher as WeightWatcher 😲

[Telescope40]

My grab and go doing WL duties today. SV48 with Altair Herschel wedge. CG3 mount. I have a motor but not fitted as yet. Easy does it !! 
John 

 

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[Ricky Graham]

As far as mine goes in the day time 🤣

[Highburymark]

No Ha capability at the moment as my DS filter had to go back to Solarscope to be separated from the screw on telescope adapter - as a result it was stuck tight and impossible to tune. In the meantime I’ve been enjoying the magnificent sunspots in white light this week with the TSA-120. Surprised that - as a committed binoviewer user - I preferred views this time with a single eyepiece. Tried two binoviewers, both of which seemed to struggle with seeing, then a single Pentax XF zoom at 6.5mm (140x) - amazing detail every few seconds when things calmed down, and even at 225x (Delite 4), the image held together during extended moments of steady seeing. The single eps seemed able to punch through the atmosphere better. Three light bridges crossing a single spot was a highlight. Curious to compare the two approaches next time.

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

The sun came out! *Shields eyes*.

[Rolfe Lindner]

Here is my set up

[Stu]

A variety of different setups over the last few months. I’ve had some excellent solar viewing recently, great fun.

[LongJohn54]

The six year old getting a closeup of a late afternoon Moon.  Very exciting!

The three hours spent cleaning the obsy, firing up Windows and getting the latest updates (it's been how long?!) for this moment was totally worth it.

[Stu]

A bit of early morning sunshine with the 76mm before work today. Looking beautiful out there at the moment.

[Franklin]

After a spot of gardening, got the little Vixen out and the Lunt wedge for a quick look at the sunspots, AR 2975 and 2976 looking very detailed.

[mikeDnight]

Two of my scopes out early and looking forward a night of fuzzy hunting. As it happened the night turned out to be reasonably transparent and better than several nights previous. It also turned out that the 6" stole the show as I enjoyed playing with my new "old" Irving equatorial, which is a pleasure to use.

[maw lod qan]

Yesterday, looking at the storms on Sol!

The observatory is still a WIP!

Forgive my seminakedness, it's hot in Florida at 3:45 in the afternoon.

[mikeDnight]

2 hours ago, maw lod qan said:

Yesterday, looking at the storms on Sol!

The observatory is still a WIP!

Forgive my seminakedness, it's hot in Florida at 3:45 in the afternoon.

I'm jealous of your climate, the low angle of your equatorial mount, and your sunburnt skin. If I were stood next to your mount in nothing but my shorts, you wouldn't be able to tell where your mount ended and my skin began. 

[Roy Challen]

I can't believe I haven't posted on this thread before! 

As it was quite windy this morning, I put my Daystar on the Polaris. Did I say it was windy? Couldn't tell through the eyepiece. Such a great mount.

[IB20]

Just popped out to say goodbye to AR2975/6. 👋🏼
 

[Nigella Bryant]

My setup has grown since I created the post. So here it is in it's triple mounted scope's for HA, CaK and WL imaging. 

[Owmuchonomy]

Sharing the view with a visiting group at the OBSY on Saturday...

 

[Franklin]

3 hours ago, IB20 said:

Just popped out to say goodbye to AR2975/6. 👋🏼

Your Starbase appears to have morphed into a full blown Tak.👍