Yes. I read that it is limited by it's expendables. Fuel. I read it could run out this year. I hope they have been really thrifty with it. I see no real replacement for SDO in the future.

I think Rainer has more good days than I do!

Today I am back home in Edneyville NC. I observed between 9:45am to about noon EDT local time ( US ). Temps ranged from about 72 to 78 degrees F. Skies mostly clear. Seeing above average, especially early in the observing session. Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x and 21.5x ( Ha ) I pick out 4 promine...

Awesome Rainer. Again I consult your images as well as GONG Big Bear against my notes for today's observations which I am preparing to post.

marktownley wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:06 pm

Always good to watch on the big screen on the telebox in 4k!

Oh yeah!!!

I noticed that too, Mark. In good seeing I caught 6 of them this morning! Pedro, your images, especially CaK, shows them well.

Beautiful work Eric. The spicule motting and proms show so much detail. I also like the soft glow above the limb.

JochenM wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:08 am

That never gets old/boring to look at.

Nope! I agree. But that is what I find so fascinating about the Sun. It's never the same twice. It changes more than any other astronomical body I have ever observed.

I use SDO data as if it were my own. I am glad NASA makes it publicly available in almost real-time. It along with the NSO GONG network is very valuable to me as a solar observer. What would we do without these missions/programs? We would certainly rely more on each other I think. I do find yours, E...

This SDO compilation video shows our star in all it's majestic glory!

Very nice Martin. You picked up a couple of tiny spots or pores with the new filter.

BIG thumbs up! Nice!

Very nice work, Mark. That long thin SE filament imaged really well. I am glad to see you getting some sunshine. I am clouded out today.

Very nice Rainer. Thanks for the view. I am clouded out again.

Very nice Rainer. Superb as usual. I missed it all today. Nasty weather.

Very nice Rainer. Superb as usual. I missed it all today. Nasty weather.

Very nice Stuart. Thanks for the view. I had clouds and thunderstorms today.

Very nice Bruce. I missed it today due to clouds. Thanks for the view.

WoW, those tiny looking plasma balls are so big on a terrestrial scale.

The TV85 is really nice. And those TV Delos eyepieces impressed me with a sharp wide field and ample eye relief, even in the 6mm FL. He also has a Takahashi FS102 that I was hoping to use today with the wedge but I got clouded out.

The Lunt 100 SS should do very well. My Coronado 90 ( 102 in SS ) does excellent on limb/prominence detail. Just ask Mark Townley. He has one too! The Coronado 90 is most definitely 90mm clear aperture in single stack mode, i've just got a ruler out and measured it! The 90 is great though, I agree....

Thanks for your imaging assistance today Rainer.

Excellent images! I love the CaK ones.

You captured that big prom which I could barely see today.

Alfred, I could never be that good starting up. The credit there goes to Rainer. I used GONG Big Bear as a guide but found light places on the disc not shown or poorly shown. I jotted down the locations hoping someone would post images showing a clearer view to verify or disprove what I saw. Rainer ...