Sun today , first clear sky in weeks

[fifeskies]

Been clouded out for weeks so good to get a clear patch this morning over Fife, Scotland.

[laudropb]

Still cloudy and raining here in the West. Nice captures.

[Floater]

… and still cloudy and raining here, farther north. Great images. Thanks.

[brendant]

Lovely detail.

[Marvin Jenkins]

The second picture is amazing. What do you use to capture that?

[fifeskies]

The image is taken using a Baader Coolceramic Herschel wedge and a Continuum filter.

Vixen 80m scope with a 2x Powermate.

Video capture with Sharpcap, best 100 out of 2000 frames stacked. ZWO 585mc camera.

Processed to false colour yellow/orange from the original green image.

[Sunshine]

Those are fantastic!

[bosun21]

Still waiting for a good cloudless day to try out my new Starfield wedge. I don’t want to set up when the sky is only offering small patches of blue sky, as I want the time to learn how to use the wedge properly. I’m totally new to solar observing so I will need the time to get used to the various filters etc.

[Littleguy80]

Enjoying a bit observing over my lunch break. Lots of activity in WL and Ha. 

[Ratlet]

On 09/05/2023 at 11:36, fifeskies said:

Been clouded out for weeks so good to get a clear patch this morning over Fife, Scotland.

Awesome images.  Its nice to have the zoomed in one, but I always prefer the ones where you can see the limb.  Gives you a sense of the scale.

Learned something new today, the sun actually shines in Fife! 😛