The Sun - 4th October 2021

[David Smith]

Clear skies early this morning, bit of a shock as I had no work today so expected endless cloud! Setup the Evostar in a spot where it was sheltered from the wind. Half decent seeing so I decided to focus on close-ups of the AR's. No H Alpha today as clouds moved in just as I finished the white light and Ca-K.

AR12882 close to the limb, shot at 3 meters focal length in white light and 2 meters in Ca-K. I did try and shoot Ca-K at 3 meters but results were disappointing.

 

 

And AR12880. Managed to get this one at 3 meters in both wavelengths. Couldn't make my mind up on the false colour for the white light image so posted both!

 

 

[Stu]

Great shots @David Smith

I agree, can’t choose between the AR12880 version, both offer something different so I can see why you posted both 👍

[Steve Ward]

Nicely caught sir ... 

I might well dust down the Tal and point it in the general direction if the squally showers desist any time soon .

Might need a serious refresher  course regarding processing though ... if I actually remember how the mount and camera works ... lol.

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Steve Ward said:

Nicely caught sir ... 

I might well dust down the Tal and point it in the general direction if the squally showers desist any time soon .

Might need a serious refresher  course regarding processing though ... if I actually remember how the mount and camera works ... lol.

Good to see you around sir 👍

[David Smith]

59 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

Nicely caught sir ... 

I might well dust down the Tal and point it in the general direction if the squally showers desist any time soon .

Might need a serious refresher  course regarding processing though ... if I actually remember how the mount and camera works ... lol.

Good to see you Steve. Go on, you know you want to

[Nigella Bryant]

Nice captures, I prefer the second coloured white light. Close up CaK is brilliant too. I'm out of action here until late October. Missing all the lovely solar activity this past month. 

[Rob63]

Really love those CaK images David, I might well be tempted to the "purple side" next year.

[Nigella Bryant]

1 minute ago, Rob63 said:

Really love those CaK images David, I might well be tempted to the "purple side" next year.

Go for it, you'll not regret being seduced to the purple side. 

[Rusted]

Nice set of images.

[Luke]

Cor, lovely set of images!

re: the pair of AR12880 false-colour images, I think I prefer the brightness of the first image, but prefer the richer colour of the second one!

Oooh, I hope Mr Ward gets the Tal into action again! I miss the imaging a little bit but Sarah would go nuts if I bought a camera! ("We need to leave for Dorset NOW!" - "Just a few more minutes, there's a gap in the clouds coming then I'm done!" Then stuck in jams for hours...!)

Edited October 8, 2021 by Luke