Not taken a Sun pic for three months!! However all is not lost as I have only missed a dozen tiny spots as we are passing through solar minimum. Usual rig of 120mm APO refractor, Baader Solar film ND 5.0, Canon 1100D, ISO 100, 1/3200 sec exposure. 120 still frames taken. Trimmed in Pipp and then sta...

AR 2708 is still eeking out an existence today:

AR 2708 is just about hanging in there!

Todays Sun with a tiny new AR to see:

A second clear day in a row! AR 2706 putting on a show:

The Sun with some activity at last!  ED 120APO, Canon 1100D/ASI120mm Baader Solar film:

More spotless Suns:

Some Sun!!!!!!!!!!!!! But no spots :hmh:

Usual ED120APO and Canon 1100D - 24/128 frames processed in PIPP, Registax5 and Photoshop:

Quite poor seeing today but a swift stack of 44/128 frames achieved this:

My first Solar image since the end of October!  Working from before dawn to after dusk doesn't help but the weekends have been cloudy or the Sun has come out behind the pesky tree that i have to deal with! Enough excuses!  Usual ED120 APO and Canon 1100D set up.  Baader film 1/1600sec exposures.  10...

Just a couple of tiny AR's today - Remnants of the two that have been on view for nearly three months:

A couple of active areas on view - third time around for both? AR 2673/2674 then 2683/2682 and now 2686/2685. Seems likely.

Today's spotless Sun:

A clear sky when I got home from work - and one of the last opportunities to get a Solar image on a work day as the Sun is now getting low at that time:

Just enough of a gap to get a disk and one close-up today - I believe AR 2683 is most likely the second time round for 2674. 2682 is still showing some spits and spots of activity that were much larger last time round as 2673. 30 September 2017 JPEG.jpg 30 September 2017 Annotated JPEG.jpg 30 Septem...

Today's Sun with a new large AR coming into view- possibly the return of 2673 and all its friends? If it is then we should be in for a good show over the next couple of weeks:

Yes SW ED120 APO in my observatory but in the winter months I use an "ordinary" SW 120mm achromat from a different part of the garden (due to trees). You really can't tell the difference in the final images!

Clear day today!  ED120APO, Baader film, Canon 1100D 40/150 single frames stacked, Processed in PIPP, Registax5 and Photoshop including false colouration, Long & Lat grid from "Tilting Sun" freeware: 22 September 2017 JPEG.jpg 22 September 2017 Annotated JPEG.jpg 22 September 2017 Long & Lat.jpg

Finally found a break in today's clouds large enough to get an image! Still very hazy which didn't help:

A tiny gap in the clouds as the Sun dropped over the observatory wall - just enough to get 200 frames and stack 26 to get this:

Just a small break in the clouds when I got in from work - followed by a thunderstorm!

The Sun is putting on quite a show at the moment:

Lots to see today!

Nice clear sky and good seeing early this morning - lots going on as well!!

Clear skies and reasonable seeing!  ED120APO, Baader Solar Film, Canon 1100D, 42/150 single frames for the full disc.  ASI120mm and 2.5x Powermate added for the close-ups.  64/4000 frames stacked. http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff499/Bizibilder/2017%20Astro%20Images/2017%20Solar%20Images/2017%2...