Surprisingly the sun came out briefly around lunchtime today and I got chance to test out my new Skywatcher Solarquest mount, which, I have to say is very good indeed and comes recommended. Conditions weren't great with the scudding clouds but the mount coped admirably, and also surprisingly the image of the sun came out OK considering the background of haze. Taken with my Lunt 50 etalon on the 60mm f6 scope double stacked with a Daystar Quark. There wasn't a lot to see on the sun but the filaments trace out the magnetic fields of cycle 25. Fingers crossed for more clear skies and also more activity on the sun soon!
Monday 15 February 2021
Ha Full Disk 15th February
Surprisingly the sun came out briefly around lunchtime today and I got chance to test out my new Skywatcher Solarquest mount, which, I have to say is very good indeed and comes recommended. Conditions weren't great with the scudding clouds but the mount coped admirably, and also surprisingly the image of the sun came out OK considering the background of haze. Taken with my Lunt 50 etalon on the 60mm f6 scope double stacked with a Daystar Quark. There wasn't a lot to see on the sun but the filaments trace out the magnetic fields of cycle 25. Fingers crossed for more clear skies and also more activity on the sun soon!