This is my favourite image from todays run, despite so little going on detail wise it just had a certain photographic lure. The seeing conditions were just starting to allow me to see the spicules on the solar limb. With better conditions the 127mm aperture should resolve considerable smaller features. This was imaged at 1900mm focal length using a DMK31 CCD camera.
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Saturday, 30 June 2012
ar11514 ar11515 Flaring! 30th June
I was even treated to some flaring whilst testing out the new 127mm scope!
ar11512 Detail Galore!
I love how much more detail is visible with the larger aperture scope when the seeing allows!
ar11513 ar11516 30th June
Inbetween the clouds today was first light for my 127mm pst mod. This first shot was slighty soft on the focus but not bad for a first image!
Monday, 25 June 2012
AR11512 25th June
Bit of fun here - double stacked 100mm PST, awful weather conditions but the pinciple is there!
Saturday, 23 June 2012
AR11511 Through The Haze...
Following another storm system that has rattled through the UK, saturday morning dawned blustery with rapidly moving clouds at lower levels and a much slower moving band of higher haze / cirrusy stuff. Normally wouldn't even bother in such conditions, but have had such little opportunity to observe lately due to poor weather that decided just to setup and see what I got. The sun is ridiculously quiet at the minute, with the only area of activity on the disk an insignificant small active region AR11511. The haze made it difficult to focus and looking the pic my tuning could have been a little better to get more even across the frame. Still better than nothing!
100mm SS @ f16 DMK31
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