CaK Surface and Proms - 1st march

cak-disk-and-proms-bw, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

The new homebrew filter is showing it is more than capable of showing disk and proms in one shot as works in double stack, as this shot with the 100mm shows.

CaK Eastern limb - 1st March

CaK-E-limb, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

Taken with the 100mm at f6, homebrew caK filter and DMK31 camera.

CaK NE limb 1st March

CaK-NE-limb, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

Taken with the 100mm at f6, homebrew caK filter and DMK31 camera.

CaK SW quadrant 1st March

CaK-100mm-south-prom, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

Taken with the 100mm at f6, homebrew caK filter and DMK31 camera.

Ha Eastern Swathe 1st March

ha-swathe-colour, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

There was much to see on sundays sun, alas passing clouds made any longer imaging runs quite difficult. Still, this 2 pane mosaic has turned out nice, and was taken with the 100mm PST mod at 2000mm focal length using the DMK31 camera.

ar11987 Ha Closeup 1st March

ar11987-colour, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

The first proper airing of the 100mm PST mod this year at 2000mm fl with the DMK31 camera of this crackling active region...

Ha Full Disk 1st March

Ha-Full-Disk-colour, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

The sun is seething with energy at the moment; loads of active regions on the disk are sending charged particles hurtling towards Earth resulting in aurora borealis even visible from the UK - more to follow on this!