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Thank you, everyone, for the kind comments. The weather was near perfect, if only the wind had dropped a bit. Then again it seems as though the windprovided some natural dithering

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Hi All, Apologies for the length of time since I last posted here. Here is one of the brief images I took of the Mercury transit when situated in Haslam Park, Preston, with members of Preston and District Astronomical Society (PADAS). Conditions were generally good with cloudless skies but quite a g...

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Very good CaK images indeed. Well done.

Ian

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I will be at my son & daughter's school showing it to the students. I am not totally sure as yet what equipment, scope wise, I am going to use but I will certainly be handing out eclipse glasses.

Ian

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I see all my images as red. I always think that people and myself included colour their images as close as possible as to what the sun appears with the naked eye. I take it as has been previously said that peoples perception of colour is different.

Ian

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Hi Stephen, I have just finished watching your speech at Lunt Roman Fort/ Astronomy for Fun. I must say that I am truly touched by your enthusiasm, commitment, and dedication for the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Outreach programme and its ethos of trying to inspire the younger generation into scien...

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I found that after failing by applying constant pressure I succeeded by applying a sudden jolt. Not by hitting it but by just suddenly aaplying the pressure. It did take a couple of tries though.

ian

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Stephen and Alexandra,
Thank you for putting me right.
Richard, sorry for giving you the wrong information. You learn something new every day.

Ian

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Granulation or convection cells. The heat rising up through the centre and then cooler black circumference, when the matter is heading back down again. Others will be better placed to give a more informative reply.

Ian

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Hi Mark,
Lovely shots, loads of detail. Nice to see the sun did actually shine on my birthday. I hope you had a great time in Wales and sorry for your hardship next week

Ian

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Hi Mark,

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Ian

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Hi Randy,
Fabulous shots, yet again. What you say about mono images is beautifully displayed by th etwo images you posted.

Well done, again.

Ian

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Hi Jong,
Well done and congratulations on the mod. Your English is an awful lot better than my Korean, not to mention your images.

ian

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Hi,
Looking good, well done on the modification.

Ian

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I know this thread is a bit of a zombie but it appears that the F2 Flint glass prisms are available again:-

http://www.surplusshed.com/detail.cfm?I ... ory=Prisms

Ian

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Have you had any communication with the supplier? Have they said when they will supply the item? if not, that is very poor service. that said, people are too quick to bad mouth suppliers - I am not saying that in this case!!!!! But sometimes delays happen for what ever reason - but it very much appr...

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Well done Houghy,
That is really good. 700 Gig is an awful lot of data and as you say it must have taken an age to edit and process.

Well done again- O by the way the music is just right

Ian

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Hi Brian, Thank you for posting this. Your sequence of images beautifully demonstrates the incremental steps to achieving the final image. It is impressive how much of a difference is evident in each step. I think that it is also good to see some of your images. We do not get the opportunity to see ...

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Well done Stephen, looking good. Just a bit more tweaking / modding to go B)

Ian

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Hi Stephen,
Looks like you ran another excellent outreach event and captured some fantastic images.

: I must say the guy in the back of the car didn't look too happy, what was he doing to you?

Ian

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Yes you can use the method solarhound posted or use a strap wrench. make sure and get the heavy duty one:- http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools/plumbing-tools/plumbing_wrenches/B-and-Q-150mm-Strap-Wrench-11247648 A note of caution. When you come to unscrewing the etalon from the gold tube and / or t...

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Hi Stephen et al,
I have found similar problems to the other posts. It can take almost a minute for a post upload after I submit it.

Ian

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Hi Dave,
Welcome to solarchat, as I have said elsewhere, very good image with very nice kit:-)

Ian

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Hi Marcello

You are very hard on yourself. That is a fabulous bit of animation

: well done

Ian

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Yes, I saw that segment too. It was good that it was featured, albeit very brief. It would have better if they had spent a bit more time on it.

Ian

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Hi Kevin,
Well done on your outreach event. It certainly looks to have been successful. You sure have some very nice equipment. Keep up the good work.

Ian

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Hi Chris,
you are right, it is huge. Well done on some excellent captures.

Ian

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Excellent images Randy. Those really are soooo close :rockon:

Ian

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Hi Ralph,
Excellent images and processing, beautiful to look at. Well done.

Ian

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Well done Matt, lovely images. I only managed to view this prom for a short period before the sun disappeared behind the roof tops.
As Alexandra says, the scale of that prom is amazing

Ian

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Hi Chris, Congratulations on SPOD. That is a brilliant image. I knew someone would capture those loops. I did manage to view them in Ha, unfortunately only for about 15mins before the sun disappeared behind the roof of the house opposite. I did also see the huge "tree" prom. They were all ...

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Hi Mark,
Thank you for posting that video. I really enjoyed watching it. Some of the footage of the sun was fantastic

Ian

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Yes, Merry Christmas to one and all.

Ian

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Neo,
What can i say...............I am lost for words.

hmy: Those are amazing images. Congratulations, well done, brilliant. Your processing skills to tease out that detail is excellent.
Absolutely fabulous to look at.

Ian

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Hi Alexandra, Some very good and evocative shots there.I have read some of your posts in the past that refer to your struggles / small windows of opportunity to be able to see the sun. It is only recently that I have fully understood your frustration :ohmy: The fact the sun disappears behind neighbo...

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Stephen, You should certainly know the terminology, baring in mind the industry that you work in :P Steve, Was not sure of location, a number of instances came up on google maps. If you were closer to me I would have popped round to give some assistance. Just spend some time reading the frankenscope...

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Hi Steve,
You should not need to remove the paint. It will go on without too much effort, just persevere. Good luck.

I can't remember off hand but check if there is cutout in the focuser to allow the folded seam of the tube to slot into.

Where are you, Heston? Where abouts is that?

Ian

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There was no need to cut the focuser tube, just remove the baffle or push it further up the tube so that the focuser tube does not impact it. Do not file the end of the TAL tube, the focuser unit will just push on. It may be a bit tight but is easily enough done. Do you know anyone with a set of tap...

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Excellent captures Walter and a transit or 2 to boot!

Well done.

Ian

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Thank you very much Mark and Ken for the replies. I thought not, just wanted to check.

Ian

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Hi all, I bought one of Oliver's UV / IR cut on KG3 filters to use on my TAl 100RS Stage 2 PST mod as the PST that i used was one of the early ones that did not have an ITF at the bottom of the EP holder. I have recently upgraded to a Coronado BF10. Do I still require this UV / IR filter?. I would a...

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:lol: So we are blaming you for the cloudy weekend then! I have an ISS transit of the Sun tomorrow morning, the first in over a year and you have bought some new clouds for us :( Alexandra What method / software do you use to identify ISS solar transits and where they will be visible from? Ian

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Mike,
Those are very good captures. Keep up the good work.

Ian

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Well done Mark, Those are good captures. I am a bit envious of the aurora. Incidently, I saw an image of the aurora that someone took from very close to where I grew up on the North Coast of Northern Ireland, see link below:- http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70825000/jpg/_70825703_70812252.jpg ...

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Well done Rob. i am sure you are very happy, :rockon: I know you have not tested it yet but fingers crossed that it works out OK. One thing is for sure - whatever it was that you did, you need to bottle it and let all the other people with de-contacted etalons have some

Ian

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Absolutely fabulous Randy. The detail and clarity is outstanding. Yeah - do you ever do full discs???

Ian

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Well done Brian,
A very good collection of images. Some of those are as sharp as a tack, wish I good as good as focus as that!!
Randy better watch his back

Ian

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Lovely images Pedri

Ian

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Mighty fine FDs Robin. Very we'll processed.

Ian

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mr40mm strikes again! Absolutely stunning, well done. Even if you have fantastic equipment / tools they need to be in the right hands to make them work properly. I do not think there is any doubt that your equipment is being used properly. Sorry, that should read superbly! Well done Randy, a joy to ...

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