Great discs, Mark. High pressure is visiting northern Italy too, 1040 hPa today but slightly hazy here.

Thanks, Mark. Another one is just emerging from the limb at an even higher latitude.

Great discs, the first image is particularly well balanced.

Thanks Alexandra and Marty, much appreciated your comments.

I love CaK too, I would say even more than H-alpha, unfortunately there is nothing to see visually at this wavelength although I have read that those who had the cataract removed are sensitive to the near UV.

Great discs, Eric.

btw, on news channels I've seen Popocatepetl erupting, spectacular!

Nice disc, how many details there !

Agree, a binoviewer is a worth addition to any solar setup for observing both in WL and in H alpha. The details of large spot penumbras through a binoviewer are a wonderful sight.

Many thanks to all of you for your kind comments!

Really bad seeing today with much high and low (thermal) turbulence however I couldn't resist to take some images. No spots but several filaments and two active regions were visible, the unnamed one close to the center of the disc and AR12755 at the SW limb. Through my Quark I could detect only few ...

I always observe the Sun visually before any imaging session, if spots are present I draw and count them every time, then go to the Quark for a quick look to H alpha features. Imaging comes last.

Great images as usual, Eric! I am always impressed by the contrast of your CaK PST mod.

A very good result, nice to see our star returning to be active again.

Great details indeed, your setup works really well. I like much the firts image, very well processed.

Fine images, Brian, the full disc has a lot of contrast.

It's quite normal for me to move the full disc on the sensor until it gets the best appearance because the sweet spot of my PT module isn't exactly centered in the field.

Yes, it is possible to use a 2.5x Powermate with the Lunt 50 scope, however it will move the focus point very far from the original position. Note that the original focuser of the Lunt provides only a very limited focus range thus using spacers is unavoidable.

Fine images and really impressive bird, Franco. Buon anno!

Great, much loved the 610nm detail.

Great detail, Paul, the main spot seems partially bisected.

Thanks again to all.

@dhkaiser: you can refer to the AAVSO guide which is very helpful in this respect.

Best,

Fantastic images, Eric. Have you used any filter for the Moon ?

Thanks to all

Yesterday's spot evolved to a B-class bipolar group with no penumbra around the leader spot. This is the second B group of the 25th cycle appeared in less than two weeks.

Thanks for your comments, this solar minimum made me crazy, happy to see that things are slowly changing toward the next maximum.

Mark, are you still evaluating to purchase a 115 ?

Beautiful images, I could see that small prom in CaK too.

An effective indoor setup, Alexandra. I remember many beautiful views of the Sun from a window with my Meade ETX 90 placed just on windowsill. It doesn't work in winter, however, due to the underfloor heating.

The new year is starting well, a small spot emerged last night from the SE limb between latitudes -30 and -40 and may be another one seems developing @ NNW of the spot based on SDO movies of these last hours. Today sky is clear although slightly hazy as usual in this season above Milan, however I ha...