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. First up 430nm Gband, taken 50mm f12 with the Zwo18mm Then CaK, 60mm f10 with the zwo183mm And finally the Ha full disk, taken with the setup in the picture - DS50, 2x cemax and the zwo183mm... Despite the awful seeing and low sun, I was glad to get something. Anything at this time of year is a bonus!

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.