Perhaps I wasn't supposed to image today...

[David Smith]

Saturday morning, sun is out, Raben shows spots - great lets go get some solar imaging in

Get out, get set up, Quark warming. it's a bit windy

Don't worry, it'll be fine

Quick white light view through the eyepiece - looks good, even the seeing looks decent

Grab laptop, plug in camera - nothing

Restart laptop to get the camera to connect. Ok, good to go

Clouds

Skies clear again, great lets go

Phone rings, daughter needs help with her broadband

20 minutes later, skies still clear lets go

Meanwhile laptop battery has failed and the laptop switched off

10 minutes setting up power to the laptop outdoors

Great, lets go

Lines up for first images, seeing has gone off badly

Waits patiently to see if seeing will improve

Shoots 6 pane pano in Ca-K, ready to plug in the Quark for some H Alpha

Mount refuses to slew in Dec, spends half an hour fixing the mount issue

CLOUDS!

Not the best of mornings but still came out with this.

 

[Roy Challen]

That's not bad at all!

[CraigT82]

Definitely worth the effort. Lovely image! 

[fozzybear]

Nice image there David

[Luke]

Very nice! Well done getting the Ca-K in against the odds!