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by rsfoto
Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full Disc 23-04-2024
Replies: 7
Views: 138

Re: Full Disc 23-04-2024

Wow!!! what a Sun!!! :bow :hamster: Do you have a dust bunny in there too, increasing the spot count :) Alexandra Hi Alexandra, Thanks, did not see until you mentioned it now. Will need to check that but everytime you open the optical train and clean up one dust bunny after closing you then have tw...
by rsfoto
Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: Coronado BF30 rusted and repair
Replies: 1
Views: 111

Coronado BF30 rusted and repair

Hi, The BF30 which I am using since long time got rusty many years ago and Iread here that instead of an ITF a H-alpha filter could be used. I had a 2" spare one, took it our of the mounting and glued it wih silicone at the front. Now I found out the unmounted 2" filter fits into the 2&quo...
by rsfoto
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full Disc 23-04-2024
Replies: 7
Views: 138

Full Disc 23-04-2024

Hi,

Again a bit Sunny and yes as somebody else wrote a lot of Spots in white light


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by rsfoto
Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: using NVD for seeing UV cak caH
Replies: 3
Views: 87

Re: using NVD for seeing UV cak caH

Hi,

What is a NVD?
by rsfoto
Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR 3646 and 3644 WL with 9.25”
Replies: 10
Views: 175

Re: AR 3646 and 3644 WL with 9.25”

Excellent images
by rsfoto
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saturday 20th April 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 247

Re: Saturday 20th April 2024

Beautiful
by rsfoto
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 22 April 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 181

Re: 22 April 2024

Well done
by rsfoto
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: K-line and Ca-k from today
Replies: 24
Views: 516

Re: K-line and Ca-k from today

Hallo Dennis,

Well done
by rsfoto
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:29 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: NEAF Saturday visit
Replies: 21
Views: 394

Re: NEAF Saturday visit

I noticed the double scope AZ mount from Sky-Watcher. I would love this. That tandem capability on an Altazimuth mount is what I love the most about my Losmandy AZ8. ZWO now makes/sells APO refractors. Cool!! It looks like all of you had a good time. Thanks for sharing your NEAF experience, Franco....
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: Tired of the Coronado BF15? Imaging...not visual
Replies: 4
Views: 193

Re: Tired of the Coronado BF15? Imaging...not visual

Hi, In regards to this straight through BF15 arrangement a friend tested it yesterday afternoon, he dimantled his BF15 as I did, and it worked great. OK, he still has not got the one I made for him and he made a Franken-BF15 but it worked and he got his image with an ASI 178MM I did borrow him. No N...
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 2024/04/20 - solar art
Replies: 7
Views: 271

Re: 2024/04/20 - solar art

Great image of the telescope view through the Dome Slit
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: life and death of a stain live April 21
Replies: 8
Views: 177

Re: life and death of a stain live April 21

Hi,

They are OK and it would be boring if we always would have a stonefree path :shock:


:bow2
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saturday Sun 20th April 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 227

Re: Saturday Sun 20th April 2024

Hi Stuart,

Excellent images as usual
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full Disc 21-04-2024
Replies: 9
Views: 181

Full Disc 21-04-2024

Hi, After 9 cloudy or windy days finally managed to get my videos before clouds began to form. White light has less spots as a few days ago :( As usual best seen in a new tab/window https://rainerehlert.com/00_SCHForum/2024/04/FD_Ha_9Q_20240421.jpg https://rainerehlert.com/00_SCHForum/2024/04/FD_WL_...
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sun FD in H-Alpha, CaK and Continuum April 21st 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 245

Re: Sun FD in H-Alpha, CaK and Continuum April 21st 2024

Hi Arne,

Excellent images as always
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: CaK Sunshine 20th April
Replies: 17
Views: 311

Re: CaK Sunshine 20th April

Hi Mark,

Well done
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: NEAF Saturday visit
Replies: 21
Views: 394

Re: NEAF Saturday visit

Hi Franco,

Thank you very much for your report. Yes it looked a bit empty this time compared to the times when I went there 3-4 times, do not remember well.

Always fun...


:bow2
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:23 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Ha Sunshine 20th April
Replies: 14
Views: 286

Re: Ha Sunshine 20th April

Hi Mark,

Great images
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: Tired of the Coronado BF15? Imaging...not visual
Replies: 4
Views: 193

Re: Tired of the Coronado BF15?

Very nice adaptation there Rainer! THanks for sharing! The ITF on that blocker looks rusted to me, it seems very cloudy. Hi Mark, It is 01:20 here at my place taking DSO images and watching F1 in China :D Just looked again at the ITF and no, it is not rusted. It was perhaps the Flash and the angle ...
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:59 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 393.3nm K-Line imaging session w/stop down mask.
Replies: 36
Views: 690

Re: 393.3nm K-Line imaging session w/stop down mask.

DeepSolar64 wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:58 am Thanks Warren and Rainer. And Rainer, I know you are not a big fan of inverted images. Hey, most are positives!!

James
You are right but that is a terrible colour combination Sorry to be honest
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: animation 19 april
Replies: 13
Views: 311

Re: animation 19 april

Another great animation
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
Topic: two solar eclipse stories
Replies: 2
Views: 43

Re: two solar eclipse stories

Excellent
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:47 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 393.3nm K-Line imaging session w/stop down mask.
Replies: 36
Views: 690

Re: 393.3nm K-Line imaging session w/stop down mask.

Hi James,

Excellent images except that ugly :mrgreen: coloured one
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:46 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Ha and CaK disks 4/20/2024
Replies: 19
Views: 252

Re: Ha and CaK disks 4/20/2024

Beautiful
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Couple of animations from 4/18/2024
Replies: 11
Views: 184

Re: Couple of animations from 4/18/2024

Hi Warren,

Excellent
by rsfoto
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: Tired of the Coronado BF15? Imaging...not visual
Replies: 4
Views: 193

Tired of the Coronado BF15? Imaging...not visual

... well just convert it to straight through... Hi, ... and win ~42mm of length. Inspired in the problem of a friend connecting a Player-One tilter into his optical H-alpha train I remembered that I have a BF15 from a Coronado SM40. So I dismantled it and produced in my printer an adapter ~ 9.8mm lo...
by rsfoto
Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 18 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light
Replies: 4
Views: 100

Re: 18 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light

Beautiful
by rsfoto
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 19 April 2024
Replies: 8
Views: 217

Re: 19 April 2024

Excellent animation as well as images
by rsfoto
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: Off Topic - just sharing
Replies: 8
Views: 206

Re: Off Topic - just sharing

Yes, rarer then an eclipse
by rsfoto
Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Calcium prom attempts!
Replies: 24
Views: 627

Re: Calcium prom attempts!

Hi Nic,

Very well done. Perhaps a tiny bit more exposure time?
by rsfoto
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Large solar prominence
Replies: 8
Views: 200

Re: Large solar prominence

Amazing images and amount of spots
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 17 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light + Rocket
Replies: 7
Views: 159

Re: 17 Apr 2024 Full Disk White Light + Rocket

Nice Sun and Musk still shooting more Trash into the Sky :mad:
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 18 April 2024 Flares
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Re: 18 April 2024 Flares

Well done
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Ha and CaK images 17th April 2024
Replies: 21
Views: 479

Re: Ha and CaK images 17th April 2024

Hi Stuart,

Excellent images
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Ha Sun April 17, 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 222

Re: Ha Sun April 17, 2024

Hi Franco,

Well done
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sol from the 17th of April 2024.
Replies: 6
Views: 153

Re: Sol from the 17th of April 2024.

Hola Eric,

Well done as always
by rsfoto
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: FD WL with ETX LS6 4/17/2024
Replies: 10
Views: 173

Re: FD WL with ETX LS6 4/17/2024

Warren,

Well done
by rsfoto
Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: WL Full Disk 16/4/24
Replies: 8
Views: 158

Re: WL Full Disk 16/4/24

Great disc just looks dark on my monitor ;)
by rsfoto
Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:39 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sol from the 14th of april 2024.
Replies: 8
Views: 187

Re: Sol from the 14th of april 2024.

Hola Eric,

Well done as usual