Friday 22 December 2023

CaK Proms 16th December

CaK FD 40mm f15 zwo183mm lighter colour The custom CaK filter is pretty decent at bringing out proms if the sky is transparent enough coupled with a bit of post processing.

Saturday 9 December 2023

Saturday Sunshine 9th January

Despite the day starting with a heavy bad of rain for several hours, by lunchtime the sky had transformed to (nearly!) blue skies. It was very windy though and blowing the lids of all my scope cases shut along with nearly blowing the laptop off. I was chasing the sun with the travelling kit through the gaps in the trees on the southern horizon. Seeing was terrible, and kept me busy searching for a focus that wasn't really there to begin with. Still, I managed to get a trio disks. 20231209_132524 First up 430nm Gband, taken 50mm f12 with the Zwo18mm 430nm 50mm f12 zwo183mm Then CaK, 60mm f10 with the zwo183mm CaK FD DS60 f10 zwo183mm And finally the Ha full disk, taken with the setup in the picture - DS50, 2x cemax and the zwo183mm... Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm Despite the awful seeing and low sun, I was glad to get something. Anything at this time of year is a bonus!

Sunday 26 November 2023

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. 2023-11-25_01-56-40 Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm G Band FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm

Sunday 12 November 2023

Saturday Sunshine 11th November

Finally some sunshine! Used the travelling kit as the battery has died for the EQ6 on the pier. CaK fd 40mm f15 zwo183mm Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm Active Regions DS50 2x cemax zwo290mm 2023-11-12_05-26-21

Thursday 7 September 2023

Tuesdays Trio of Disks - 5th September

The clear skies and the warm temperatures carry on as we start September. CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm Ha FD DS50 2x cemAX zwo183mm WL FD 80mm f7.5 540nm zwo183mm

Mondays Trio of Disks - 4th September

An early autumn heatwave means some time for solar after work! Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm WL  FD 540nm 80mm f7.5 zwo183mm

Saturday 2 September 2023

Ha Sun 30th August

The clouds cleared by late evening so I was able to take a look at our star in Ha wavelengths. ar13417 Ha DS90 2x cemax zwo290mm Ha FD DS50 2xm cemax zwo290mm

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. CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm ar13418 CaK 80mm f15 zwo290mm ar13417 CaK 80mm f15 zwo290mm ar13415 CaK 80mm f15 zwo290mm ar13413 CaK 80mm f15 zwo290mm

Wednesday 23 August 2023

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. Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm

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! Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm 2023-08-18_11-31-18

Sunday 6 August 2023

Quick CaK Sunshine 4th August

Just enough time in between the cloud streamers and gusty wind to grab a few CaK pickies... CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm Trio ARs CaK 60mm 2x cemax zwo290mm AR13386 CaK 60mm 2x cemax zwo290mm

Thursday 27 July 2023

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. Ha FD DS50 2x cemax zwo183mm colour CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm colour CaK Active regions 60mm f10 2x cemax zwo290mm colour flaring active region CaK 60mm f10 2x cemax zwo290mm colour

Wednesday 26 July 2023

Finally Some Sunshine... 25th July

Life has been too busy! The weather has been awful, finally the sun came out and I had some time! CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm colour proms WL FD 80mm f7.5 continuum filter zwo183mm CaK ARs Limb 60mm f10 2x cemax zwo290mm ar13380 CaK 60mm f10 2x cemax zwo290mm ar13379 CaK 60mm f10 2x cemax zwo290mm

Tuesday 23 May 2023

Double DIsks 20th May

WL FD 80mm f7.5 zwo183mm CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm Saturday was a nice sunny day, clear blue skies! Alas I didn't have much time so only managed a quick couple of disks. First off the white light, taken with the Skywatcher ED80 at f7.5 with the Lunt Solar wedge, continuum filter and the ZWO183mm. Second up is the CaK disk, taken with the same scope but at 60mm f10, homebrew CaK filter and the zwo183mm again. I love this camera with it's small 2.4um pixels for full disks!

Monday 15 May 2023

ATrio of Disks 15th May

WL FD 80mm f7.5 lunt wedge continuum zwo183mm Ha FD DS50 60mm f6 2x cemax zwo183mm CaK FD 60mm f10 zwo183mm It's been a funny old year for solar this year, just not the opportunity for various reasons to get out there and see the sun. So, I was really pleased after finishing work to get sunshine and clear blue skies. The warm summer evenings meant I just had to get outside and image!

Sunday 30 April 2023

Ha Full Disk 29th April

Ha FD ss50 ss0.3a tz4 reducer zwo183 2x bin It's been a while since i've got round to putting up some images here. Full disk taken with the LC50 etalon on the 60mm f6 scope, TZ4, Solar SPectrum 0.3a, 0.65x telecompressor and ZWO183mm with 2x2 binning. Lots of contrast and quite difficult to get even, but slow exposure time means I probaly won't be using it as my regular grab and go gor full disks.

Monday 13 March 2023

Ha Full Disk 12th March

Ha FD DS50 60mmf6 2x cemax zwo183mm The weather has been awful of late, so when sunday offered something almost resembling clear (well hazy really!) skies I decided to just get the scope and go fishing for the less hazy breaks. Seeing was awful and are loosing resolution even at the full disk scale, but, it is nice just to be able to see the sun really!

Saturday 11 March 2023

Ha Sunshine 26th February

Ha FD DS50 f15 zwo183mm active regiuon and prom 100mm f8 tz4 ss0.3rg imx174 Active regions and filaments 100mm f8 tz4 ss0.3rg imx174 big spot 100mm f8 tz4 ss0.3rg imx174 A nice afternoon of sunshine!