The suns western limb was looking very angry, with 2 large active regions getting close to the edge. It was not long after a M class flare that this picture was taken and the active regions show this. I think I have (finally) found an optimum for the tuning of the Quark as this setting shows the most detail on the disk. The image above is a 2 pane mosaic and was taken with the 70mm f6 refractor with the DMK31 camera and 0.5x focal reducer.
New active regions rotate onto the face of our star along with a nice large prominence. Taken with the 70mm at f6 with the DMK31 camera and 0.5x reducer on the Quark Chromosphere.
I think I have finally discovered the 'on band' position with the quark and the 70mm scope; this image shows oodles of detail that I would be struggling to get if I was doing it with the same scope and a PST mod. Taken at 1800mm focal length and the DMK31 all need now is more scopes to test the quark out on...
This active region is a monster now, but when this image was taken several days ago it was just an emerging flux region. Taken with the 70mm scope at 1800mm focal length with the quark chromosphere and DMK31 camera.
Starting to get the hang of the quark; this image is my most 'onband' yet and is a mosaic of several panes. The seeing is variable between some of the panes, but each pane is beautifully flat allowing seamless mosaics. Hopefully there will be some imaging possible in the weekends ahead as we approach winter so I can get somemore images from this great little device. This shot was taken with the 70mm scope at f6 with the DMK31 camera and 0.5x reducer.
Still not quite on band, but it's not far off! Another notch and should be just about there. Taken with the 70mm scope at f6 with the DMK31 camera and 0.5x focal reducer.
A quick shot of this active region as it is just about to pass over the suns western limb. Taken with the quark chromosphere, 70mm f6 refractor with DMK31 and 0.5x focal reducer.
