Superb data coming from St Veran this set is also very interesting

Looks like you are having a fab solar party!

Alexandra

The granulation is absolutely gorgeous but I think the polar faculae image is my favourite. When you look closely it looks like there are little jets going upwards from the faculae regions, what do you think?



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Yes, you need a good solar feature on the disc like a filament or active region to truly gauge the bests results for the test.

Alexandra

Thanks everyone
Honestly the seeing was bad, but it is never good late afternoon for me so I was pleased with these results

Alexandra

Like others have said Saturday afternoon was fairly decent for solar viewing in Cheshire. There were very strong winds and lots of fluffy cumulus floating by but the bits in between were good. Afternoon solar viewing is never good for me as the Sun is directly over a neighbours roof so seeing is alw...

Wow! that is a nice shot, I almost feel like I am there

Alexandra

Looks like neg2 or neg3 is your setting of choice. Can't quite decide which is better but neg3 the bright areas are mostly either side of the field of view. You could do with a nice filament to help with contrast. That is a good test, you can see how heating moves the centre line across the field fr...

Superb images Mark and a thoroughly interesting narrative, I always look forward to your posts

Alexandra

Superb full discs Brian and great to see the dusty sunset and harvest moon :hamster: I really enjoyed these a lot :) After a dire Friday, Saturday and Sunday weren't too bad, we had a fair bit of sunshine on Saturday afternoon but both days we had gale force winds. All my Sunflowers are at 45 degree...

Wow!!! absolutely gorgeous

Alexandra

Fantastic sketch!! it is amazing what you can see through a PST and the more you look the more you see I must get out my sketching pencils again ready for my holiday! thanks for the motivation

Alexandra

Beautiful full discs Stuart

The Sun came out for me too in the afternoon but the wind made everything a challenge, you have much crispier shots than me.

Alexandra

The Moon is very little this month, great shots with superb crisp detail

Alexandra

Wow!! superb granulation and faculae

Alexandra

Great comparison, interesting to see the variations

Alexandra

A nice little bright point mid disc

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Wow! very quiet, lovely though


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Beautiful prominences Lou, lovely to see these

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Wow! another cracker

Alexandra

Absolutely stunning! particularly the ones of the pores

Alexandra

Still quiet on the eastern front but exceptional granulations

Alexandra

These are stunning Pedro
I also shot the Moon during that exact same time but sadly mine are pretty rubbish as it was through double glazed windows, but I saw it my mission this autumn is to get a window replacement!

Alexandra

These are beautiful Alex

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Yes it is quiet but at least you had a good holiday and lots of sunshine

Alexandra

Jack, I used the TEC140 with a 135mm DERF. Do not use flats for your dial settings test! you need to see how the on band centre line comes across the field of view. Firecapture does flats during capture but the capture rate goes down by half. It is much easier to go to the centre of the Sun, place a...