They look pretty good to me Alexandra!
Also been admiring your sketching this afternoon (at the end of the BAA webinar on Solar Cycle 25 by Lyn Smith that was posted on YouTube)

Nice report James. Good that you’ve been able to hang on to the SM60 for those fleeting observations through the clouds....

Hi Mark Not an ordinary Solar Scout, I have made an adapter to fit the Quark unit of the Solar Scout to my 6" f15 refractor. At F15 the telecentric unit gives f60+ and is to high a magnification for my seeing, so I have found a Pixco camera focal reducer fitted before the telecentric unit gives jus...

Thanks Bob! Have to say that before I pressed the button on the filters, I squeezed Solarchat (and the rest of the internet) dry of all Solarscope content. And it didn’t take long. A few discussions and reports on CN. Very little on Stargazers’ Lounge in the UK. So that thread you posted had been ve...

Phenomenal detail Paul - thanks for posting

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Tue May 26, 2020 11:43 am

Difficult capture with a lot of haze and clouds, finding focus a massive problem but got something.

Cheers Rod

Yep - think you definitely ‘got something’ there Rod! Superb - particularly if from a Solar Scout.

Very nice indeed!

1:30pm UK time, lift off is now well under way. Decent seeing too with the Lunt 60. Time to crank it up a bit with Tak FC-100 and Quark....

Thanks to Rusted for the explanation.
Richard - look forward to hearing your thoughts on the LS60 - nice complements your Quantum 0.4A.

I haven’t worked that out yet either.... was going to post a pic of the grease I used.

Hi Richard - it should be 100% silicone grease - available from most hardware stores

Usually there is a compromise. I hope you are as satisfied with your new etalons as I am my Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS. It is vastly superior to my Coronado 60 in resolution and detail. It performs superbly on proms and fine limb detail and given some disc activity should do well there too. I haven'...

That should have been Alexandra - apols.

You have to remember that it is only 10mm greater in aperture than the Lunt 60 you had before, but did the Lunt 60 have a central obstruction? in which case the aperture difference would be more. When he says the single stack is more like 0.6A I would say that would be true for mine when I first bo...

Looking forward to seeing your images with this setup, Mark. Solarscope products are excellent, as Alexandra so remarkably demonstrates. Stu. Thanks Stu - ‘fraid you might have to wait for those images. Never taken an astronomical photo in my life, though I probably will start in a few months with ...

Highbury, I have been following you on this and wish you the best. Normally I would say that only 10mm increase in aperture would'nt make that big a difference. That's why I wanted to got to at least 80mm in aperture. 20mm over my 60mm. BUT you did choose Solarscope which has a reputation for very ...

Welcome Frank - look forward to hearing about the LS100 - looks amazing

I ordered the Solarscope 70DS filter package a few weeks ago - and it should be with me in a week or two, so thought I’d start a thread as there’s not much information out there on this intriguing company and their products - though I was helped in my decision by searching the archives of Solarchat,...

I have heard from one owner that he used to heat his Quark until the light changed, then turned off the heater, and he’d get very good views for a long time without power. And he was based in decidedly not warm Scandinavia. Otherwise, the description of the views you were getting sound similar to mi...

Me too!
Sat 10 feet from garden door working on laptop and only got out twice this week for short solar ha bursts. Can’t complain though - we’ve been so lucky with the weather in the U.K. during lockdown, and with a relatively interesting Sun to observe/image.

Stunning capture, particularly for such a small aperture - thanks for posting

Stunning capture, particularly for such a small aperture - thanks for posting

Very nice Stephen - the prom was spectacular visually so hoping there may be some close up images on this forum the next day or two

That prom was spectacular today - but very faint and getting fainter as it lifts off. I got best views by removing the double stack filter and ramping up the magnification.

Great report James. With that new scope you don’t need any major activity to have fun! But when things do ramp up that double stack filter is going to come into its own. Still waiting for my new 70mm filters to be delivered. I hope they will offer enough aperture to see some detail in the spicule la...

Just found answer to my question on emerging ARs......