It's that time of year for 3 months where I am able to observe the sun before I go to work in a morning. Today had a little cloud initially but left me a quick gap to get the CaK full disk. I seem to have been neglecting the shorter end of the spectrum lately, but for a quick full disk the 40mm scope and barlow allowed me to get this 2 pane mosaic of the disk. Taken with the homebrew filter and the PGR Chameleon 3. This is the second journey around for these active regions, and over the past week or so have been decaying. I'm not sure they'll survive around for a third time with sunspots, but should be certainly possible to recognise them as an area of plage.
This active region and its associated plage and filaments is framed nicely in its entirety with the Tal100R refractor, Daystar Double stacked Quark, Daystar interference eliminator and the PGR Chameleon 3 with 2x2 binning to freeze the seeing and shorten the exposure time and increase the frame rate. The 0.7x Baader Solar Telecompressor also helps matters by bringing the focal length to near 3000mm. This setup has a real synergy, and in summer months allows effective imaging at this scale on most days.
Taken with the 100mm Tal100R refractor, double stacked Daystar Quark, the PGR Chameleon 3 camera with 2x2 binning and Baader solar telecompressor to bring the focal length to about 3000mm. Whilst not very active this is still quite a picturesque spot that has come around the limb.
A period of better seeing early in the afternoon on sunday allowed me to get another view of this active region with the 0.2m Airylab HaT telescope using the double stacked Daystar Quark, Daystar Interference eliminator and the PGR Chameleon 3 camera using 2x2 binning to get a shorter exposure time. Even though the seeing was less than perfect there were lots of swirls and whorls in the plasma that makes up the solar chromosphere. Looking forward to better seeing in the future that will allow me to make full use of the capabilities of this large aperture solar telescope.
The suns chromosphere takes on a real depth when viewed at this scale on areas towards the limb. Another shot with the HaT at 6.4m focal length, Daystar Quark and PGR Chameleon 3 camera.
The seeing wasn't perfect, but I was able to get another view on sunday afternoon of this area of plage that makes up this active region with the HaT at 6.4m focal length. Daystar Quark and PGR Chameleon 3 camera.
The filament that has been hanging around for a couple of days now still hangs on while the magnetic field lines remain intact. Compared to filaments that can be quite ropey this one has quite a fluffy appearance to it, and is anchored by several footprints. Taken with the 100mm Tal100R refractor with the double stacked Daystar Quark and the PGR Chameleon 3 camera.
