AR13372 M.6 Class flare from 12th July 2023

[Rob63]

Enjoying a quick visual session yesterday morning with the 80MM & Quark on my manual mount (Scopetech Mount Zero) before the rain was forecast to arrive.
I decide to capture some reference shots and I was lucky enough to catch an M.6 Class flare as it happened 🙂

Very exciting to watch and and happened very quickly, I could see the changes in real time on my laptop screen.

Here are a few images in the sequence

08:53

 

08:55

 

08:57

 

GOES info for this flare

[Steve Ward]

Perfect timing sir ... ☺️

[Rob63]

15 minutes ago, Steve Ward said:

Perfect timing sir ... ☺️

I'd like to claim that it was careful planning and research but I have to admit that it falls into the category of "Very lucky imaging" 

[carastro]

Awesome

[IDM]

Great image. I am awaiting delivery of a Quark and wondering/dithering over what camera to partner with it. Could you let us know your camera and image acquisition details.

thanks

Ian

[Rob63]

1 hour ago, IDM said:

Great image. I am awaiting delivery of a Quark and wondering/dithering over what camera to partner with it. Could you let us know your camera and image acquisition details.

thanks

Ian

Hi Ian,

The most popular sensor for solar is still the IMX174 mono and it works well for Quarks.

I used the ZWO ASI174MM version for these images but there are several companies making cameras with this sensor.

Gain with this was around 220 and exposure time 7.5ms at ~130fps.

[IDM]

37 minutes ago, Rob63 said:

The most popular sensor for solar is still the IMX174 mono and it works well for Quarks.

I used the ZWO ASI174MM version for these images but there are several companies making cameras with this sensor.

Gain with this was around 220 and exposure time 7.5ms at ~130fps.

Great many thanks

Ian