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MapleRidge

Hi everyone... Time has been limited since I returned home from the week in Mazatlan Mexico to have a combination late winter holiday and view of the eclipse. We had more cloud than I realized at the time, but the day was still top notch. The cloud limited the attempts to capture the outer corona bu...

MapleRidge

Maurits, Arne, Alexander, Warren, and Rich...

Thanks for you comments and support on the images...always appreciated

Brian

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Mark, Petr, Franco, and Alexandra...

Thank you all for your comments and feedback...very much appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Good day everyone... My return home form the eclipse trip to Mexico was met with mostly clear skies and good seeing on Wednesday, so I did some early afternoon imaging with the Lunt solar scope and my modded scope. There was an amazing amount of detail to be seen on both the disk and limb. The first...

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Superb images Petr...well done

Brian

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Congrats on the SPoD being selected for your sequence Eric...well deserved

Brian

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Impressive overview of the shadow across the landscape...thanks for positing

Brian

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Great to see your results Warren, and also nice to see that others had an opportunity to get views with you. Well done

Brian

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Hi Warren...

I was waiting to see the Seestar results and they do not disappoint...nicely done

The story of the young girl is so great to hear...hopefully she grows to explore the real world rather than google it !

Brian

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Hi Rainer...

Your posted videos of the eclipse look great

Brian

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Sorry to hear that the weather messed with your plans too

The partial phase pics look great though...a small consolation at least

Brian

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Hi Eric...

These are a superb series of images showing the eclipse form your location...very well done

Brian

MapleRidge

Thanks everyone for your comments and feedback....much appreciated. As the day progressed after the end of the eclipse, the cloud cover got thicker but had a bit of break in the west at su set. The sunset was specular and seemed to linger for a long time. Thus is one of the shots I got on the cell p...

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Yes I was taking images with it but won't have the pics downloaded for a while.

The cell gave a quick snap to share.

Brian

MapleRidge

Some thin cirrus at totality but still an amazing view!!!

Cell phone isn't much for quality capture

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Some thin cirrus at totality but worth every second

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Well past 1st contact using cell phone and eclipse glasses

MapleRidge

We are setup and awaiting first contact.

My friends Gord Rife and Gerry Bourque are set up with me and another friend (Andre Sirois) does not have equipment setup.

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Brian

MapleRidge

Hi all... Last day before the eclipse hete in Mazatlan and the cloud we had cleared out in time to catch the sunset over the ocean. Sandy snapped this one with her cell phone while I used the DSLR. 20240407_182455 (1).jpg Hope tomorrow is as good as most of the week...clear skies to all who are plan...

MapleRidge

Looks good Warren...great setups and conditions look like they're perfect.

Best of luck for tomorrow,
Brian

MapleRidge

Hi Michael...

Glad to hear you are expecting good conditions and that many eclipse chasers have taken up observing sites there too. Hope that it all turns out well.

Did you escape the snow that hit some parts of ontario and I hear Montreal had quite a bit too?

Brian

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These look good Pedro, and you seem to have a bottomless storage trunk to keep pulling scopes from

Brian

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Super images Petr

Brian

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Hi Rainer...

Your trial images look good, as does the setup you are using. Best wishes for clear skies !

Warren, it sounds like you have dome good options if the weather cooperates. Best of luck!

Brian

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Excellent work Petrus, these all look superb

Brian

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Looks very good Paul...nicecwork

Brian

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Thanks for the info Rainer. We are just north of the city of Mazatlan, roughly 20 miles north of the centre line but the difference will be minimal. Michael, we are currently staying in Toronto (Monday night) and have a direct flight to Mazatlan or Tuesday morning. Travelling with two long time astr...

MapleRidge · Re: March 31 2024 Observations Superb image Brian

Superb image

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 28 March 2024 Well done Ralph... Brian

Well done Ralph...

Brian

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Good read of your session James

I had clear skies yesterday but no time to get out to the scope.

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: Full Disk and Animation of AR3615 3/28/2024 Nice work Warren... Brian

Nice work Warren...

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 29 March 2024 Superb images and animation Ralph...excellent work Brian

Superb images and animation Ralph...excellent work

Brian

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These are excellent FD images Rainer...well done

Glad to hear the camera is working as you expect again too !

Brian

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An awesome FD image Paul...well done

Congrats on it being highlighted as the SPoD!!!

Brian

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Geoff...

Regarding the glare, I'm not sure of the cause this time.

I will have to take it all apart and check for sources. I though I had a bit of a light leak but once fixed it still had a lot of glare, so back to the drawing board.

Brian

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Eric, Wayne, Kevin, Maurits, and Mark...

Thanks all fro your comments and feedback...greatly appreciated as always

Brian

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Thanks Maurits

Brian

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Geoff and Warren, thanks for your comments and feedback on the images...always appreciated

Brian

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Really sharp images Alfred and the second shows so much detail

It will be good to see how the setup works with more tuning adjustments!

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 24.03.24 big prom& spot Excellent shots Brian

Excellent shots

Brian

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Great images Warren...well done

Hope you get over the cold ASP too!

Brian

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Thanks to everyone who posted and commented on the session...always very much appreciated

Brian

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Good day everyone... Sunday offered another clear day to explore the great activity on the sun and I wasn't going to let it pass by ;) I only worked with the Ha filters as I lost a lot of time trying to get rid of glare and tuning issues, so by the time I was ready to image it was getting into the l...

MapleRidge

Good day everyone... This weekend has been clear and glad for it since there is such good activity to image on our star! I ran a series of FD images with all the filters with the ASI1600MM camera for all. Images through WL, G-Band and CaK filters were imaged through the Orion EON130 OTA. The WL used...

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These are fabulous Stuart...nicely done

Brian

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Glad to see you persisted Stuart, the final images look fabulous

Brian

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Great to see these images Mark...well done

Brian

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Superb image set David...well done

I think D is very interesting with the cross axis filaments...looks like skeletal ribs and spine of a enormous whale

Brian

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Superb images Marty...well done

Brian

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