Terry,
The proms weren't much better visually for me but others, like Rainer picked them up better in their images than I could see them visually.
Thanks for the heads up on a possible active region coming around the eastern limb. I will keep my eye out.

Blessings:
James

Today I set behind the telescopes from between 10:50am until 2:00pm EDT local time ( US ) Most of this was just sitting listing to music while waiting for holes in an almost solid cloud deck. 90 percent of the time sitting vs 10 percent imaging. I never did get a chance to observe visually! The seei...

Very nice Stephane. If I now only can get my Ha full discs this good. BIG thumbs up!!

Round two of the super sharp Mexican Duo! You and Rainer! Excellent images Eric!!

You kick butt Rainer!! Very nice images. You set a high standard for full disc images.

Very nice!! The Ha image is truly outstanding!!

Thanks everyone for your kind comments and input. I will post today's images using the SMII60 and Orion70 solar telescopes shortly.

WoW Stuart! Your images have really nice resolution, especially in the light of CaK!! What 72mm f6 refractor are you using? I have a an Astro-Tech scope of that size and fl. It will probably be the one I use for CaK when I get the filter. Hi James, I use an Altair Astro Lightwave for FDs. It isn’t ...

They seem small, but they arent small. Amazing to think that some of these spots are the size of entire countries. Very nice resolution Simon. I am impressed on how well the granulation can be seen in your images. The spots and pores show significant detail too. It's amazing on how small some of th...

It looked good visually today. If the weather allows I hope for success tomorrow imaging.

Franco,
These turned out good considering what you had to look through. An AiryLab/Celestron HaT! Awesome!!

James

I had turned the etalon before and placed the peg in a different position with little difference. This time I turned it further and replaced the peg, with a noticeable improvement. I see no reason why it would not work with imaging. I can see the solar features easily. Hopefully tomorrow I will meet...

All, Today before observing I took a little time to tweak my SolarMax II 60. For some reason I have always had a bit of issues with the scope, mainly with the internal etalon not coming on band. It's been this way ever since I have owned the scope. No matter how I move the tuning lever it makes no d...

Nice work as usual, Rainer.

I go back to get my second COVID-19 vaccine ( Pfizer ) on April 27th. I had almost no side effects on the first one.

Very nice work Stephane!

BIG thumbs up, Pedro!

WoW Stuart! Your images have really nice resolution, especially in the light of CaK!!

What 72mm f6 refractor are you using? I have a an Astro-Tech scope of that size and fl. It will probably be the one I use for CaK when I get the filter.

Thanks everyone for your compliments and input. May all of you have a good weekend and sunny skies.

Very nice resolution Simon. I am impressed on how well the granulation can be seen in your images. The spots and pores show significant detail too. It's amazing on how small some of those pores really are. Granule-sized!

James

Pedro,
I was able to see all five plages and the majority of the filaments and prominences shown on your Ha images with my Coronado 60. It does seem to do ok visually.

Your work is always a joy to view.

James

It's nice to see that you have " three lights " imaging capability. That's a goal of mine. Most of the time I stack images but I also use single frames as well. They are good " quick photos " but tend to be less sharp and more noisy.

James

Very nice work Eric. I like how well you captured the prominences in your CaK images. And the resolution of the chromosphere is superb in your Ha images.

James

Though I did not image today I did try both blocking filters on the SMII60 visually. The one used on the SMII60 kept right up with the one I use on the SMII90. Looking at them I see no visible signs of rust. Both are BF15 filters.

Session time 10:55am until 11:40am EDT local time ( US ). The skies are mostly overcast with a high thin veil of clouds. The seeing is noticeably rough. The temperature is 52F. Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x and 21.5x ( Ha ) I can see 5 plage areas on the solar disc! The plage of AR12814 in the SW ...

Heading out now for today's session.