Trio of Disks - 25th November

A lovely clear blue sky gave me the opportunity to capture the late autumn sunshine. Trees block the horizon so using the scopes on the solarquest mount and tripod means I can find a spot in the garden to peek in the gaps in the cluttered southern horizon.

Saturday Sunshine 11th November

Finally some sunshine! Used the travelling kit as the battery has died for the EQ6 on the pier.

Tuesdays Trio of Disks - 5th September

The clear skies and the warm temperatures carry on as we start September.

Mondays Trio of Disks - 4th September

An early autumn heatwave means some time for solar after work!

Ha Sun 30th August

The clouds cleared by late evening so I was able to take a look at our star in Ha wavelengths.

CaK Sun 30th August

The day started with clear blue skies and so decent transparency, so I decided to take a look at the sun in CaK. Full disk 60mm f10 zwo183mm, closeups 80mm f15 zwo290mm.

Quiet Sun 22nd August

The sun has plenty of activity but is fairly quiet in terms of flare activity and the like. Taken with a pair of Lunt50 etalons on the 60mm f6 scope, a 2x cemax running on a short nosepiece and the zwo183mm camera. The etalons were not playing today getting on band without tilt, I need to look at a way of permanently screwing the etalons onto the scope rather than them being attached to the OTA by means of a cell.

17th August - Sun from the Canal Side

Nice to stop in my favourite spot just outside of Brewood and get a bit of solar observing in!

Quick CaK Sunshine 4th August

Just enough time in between the cloud streamers and gusty wind to grab a few CaK pickies...

Wednesdsay Flaring 26th July

A clear start to the day, but I only managed to image between the M-class flares that were popping off throughout the day. Equipment details in the file names.