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stef41

Hello to all, there was a nice eruption today around 2pm UT ( https://helioviewer.org/?movieId=YqVN5 ). Unfortunately, I could only shoot it around 3pm UT, it was almost finished. Apart from that, I hadn't shot her portrait since October 30th! I was starting to miss it :) S20230207-matos.jpg At the ...

stef41

Hello to all, a sun still in cirrus over the Albion plateau from the Sirene observatory in France. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 11h20 UT S20221030-11h19UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20221030-11h20UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg c...

stef41

good morning to all, sunshine with lots of cirrus clouds today (actually, it's also like that at night: impossible to make deep sky) on the Albion plateau at the Sirene observatory in France. S20221029-12h48UT-matos.jpg but I still shot him with the fs60 with his sm40DS, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo...

stef41

Hello to all, Two pictures of the sun under a big blue and warm Provencal sky (more clear than the nights which are cloudy for the moment). At the fs60 with its sm40DS, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 10:45 UT S20221028-10h45UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20221028-10h46UT-sm40DS-f...

stef41

good morning to all, two suns this morning before the cirrus clouds arrive over Provence (so no animation of prominences today .... anyway, they have become reduced :) ). At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 09h50 UT S20221027-09h48UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1...

stef41

thank you all for your appreciation

Sincerely,
stephane

stef41

Hello again :) After my previous "full discs", I made an animation of the 2 protrusions on the left, it's been a while. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, barlow lens x2 in ADC, zwo178mm on GP-DX 181 movies of 600 frames every 30s between 10h10 UT and 12h13 UT firecapture 2.6 ac...

stef41

good morning to all, a blue sky this morning over Provence in France ... I wish it was the same yesterday! :) A little sun at the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 10am UT S20221026-09h59UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20221026-10h01UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf1...

stef41

Hello to all, here are some pictures of this eclipse taken from the Sirene observatory on the Albion plateau. A lot of clouds this morning in Provence in France, we had to slalom between to get some pictures. S20221025-09h34UT-matos.jpg The maximum was planned at 10h09 UT, I could see our star only ...

stef41

good evening to all,

a small sun of this day around 11:10 UT at the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm

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cordially
stephane

stef41

hello to all, the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, it's good, it's even very good but it doesn't allow me to zoom properly on active areas or protuberances to make nice animations :) Also, I broke my piggy bank this summer to acquire a quark combo and an ERF 115mm to use them on my old telescope whi...

stef41

thanks to you :) What a beautiful serene rural observing site. Absolutely gorgeous! I bet the night skies look good there. Are those grapevines 🍇 along the fence? I live in the French cereal region ("la Beauce"), the horizon is clear and if we move away from the cities (as it is my case :)...

stef41

good evening to all, the sunshine of the day when I found some time to brave the heat wave and take the portrait ! :) S20220812-matos.jpg At the fs60 with his sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 1:40 pm UT S20220812-13h39UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220812-13h40...

stef41

thanks to you :) small animation of the big prominence of the moment. I wanted to take advantage of the heat to test the autoguiding on the sun with firecapture and my GP, and it works quite well. I was going to let it run for 2 hours while staying cool at home, but I had to forget about an untimely...

stef41

Good morning to all, the sun of the day still has its beautiful prominence .... and is really starting to heat up! Not sure I'll be watching it tomorrow and the day after; I might burn out. :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 09h10 UT (39°C and 36°C an...

stef41

good evening to all, still a nice sunny day today with the filament that turned into a nice protuberance :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 11:30 UT S20220716-11h28UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220716-11h29UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi17...

stef41

finally, it also deserved some white light with all its spots

At fs60 with TS helioscope, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm at 15h46 UT

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Sincerely
stephane

stef41

Hello to all, a very nice sun today on the side of the protuberances and filaments! :) it's promising for tomorrow when the big filament will be completely tilted on the limb. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 10:10 UT S20220715-10h01UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10...

stef41

bravo

what a great protuberance! And in CaK!

stephane

stef41

Good evening to all, A nice prominence today even if the sun activity was rather quiet ... unlike the turbulence which was not at all ! At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm at 14:08 UT S20220703-14h08UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg condition a bit calmer ...

stef41

Good morning, thank you for your feedback :) Stephane, Do you ever use your solar setup visually? I wonder how visible that sizeable northern filament was. I've been clouded out and have had no chance for a look-see. James Yes, I also do some visuals with my setup. By the way, these pictures were ma...

stef41

good morning to all, the sun this morning around 09h50 UT before the clouds (and rain) arrive .... Sorry for the orientation, North is not quite up but leans to the right.... ;) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm S20220625-09h47UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178...

stef41

good evening to all,

a sun quite similar to yesterday's

At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 12:20 UT

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Sincerely
stephane

stef41

good morning to all, a rather filamentous sun today but not very hairy :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm at about 16:15 UT S20220611-16h10UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220611-16h11UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg At the TS helioscope : S...

stef41

good evening to all, a little late afternoon sun from France, before the clouds (and especially the storms) arrive. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 16:25 UT S20220521-16h21UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220521-16h22UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1...

stef41

good evening to all, Beautiful blue sky this afternoon in my little corner of France, allowing to observe the sun and its spots despite a small north-east wind not very annoying. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on my GP around 2pm UT S20220508-13h53UT-sm40DS...

stef41

Hello to all, From my Beauce in France (much flatter than the Vosges mountains ;) ), a rather calm sun on this afternoon of May 1st ;) S20220501-sm40DS-fs60-bf10.jpg At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 12h30 UT S20220501-12h28UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-as...

stef41

I am thinking of buying a Takahashi FS60 refractor. Which model do you have, what focal length is it? Do you use the focal reducer/flattener with it? sorry, I just saw the question :) it's an fs60 CB with a 355mm focal length, short tube S20220501-sm40DS-fs60-bf10.jpg for my full disk images, I use...

stef41

Hello to all, A priori, last day of good weather in the Vosges mountains in France before the rain arrives tomorrow (which is not a big deal because, anyway, I'll be on my way home :) ) so one last picture of our star. S20220422-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg At the fs60 with its sm40 double s...

stef41

good morning to all, quite a lot of turbulence today, as well as a north wind still annoying .... but the northern half of France is still under the sun ! :) At the fs60 with his sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on staradventurer around 09h40 UT from the Vosges mountains S2022042...

stef41

Hello to all, a big blue sky back over the Vosges mountains in France today .... and a bit of wind (the staradventurer vibrates at the slightest breeze with what I put on her back! :) ) but the sun is always nice to watch. S20220420-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg At the fs60 with its sm40 doub...

stef41

good evening to all, rather milky sky over the Vosges mountains in France today but not enough to see a new spot arriving :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on staradventurer around 11h30 UT S20220419-11h26UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220419-11...

stef41

Hello to all, still a great blue sky over the Vosges mountains in France today with less wind and turbulence than yesterday .... just one more curious cat :) S20220418-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg At the fs60 with his sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on staradventurer aro...

stef41

thanks to you :) An absolutely beautiful observing site!! I would have loved to have been set up alongside you. Is that pink blossomed tree a peach? I'm spending the week with my in-laws in the Vosges mountains (a change from my flat, cultivated Beauceron country ;) ). Yes, on the left, it's a peach...

stef41

good evening to all, quite a lot of turbulence and a bit of wind today (which doesn't help when using the staradventurer) from the Vosges mountains in France, but still a nice sunshine with some nice spots coming up ;) S20220417--sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg At the fs60 with its sm40 double ...

stef41

Hello to all, no more spots than yesterday but still nice filaments on our star :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, glasspath x1.7, BF10 and zwo178mm on GP around 11:10 UT S20220410-11h10UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220410-11h11UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg cordially s...

stef41

Hello to all, no more spots than yesterday but still nice filaments on our star :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, glasspath x1.7, BF10 and zwo178mm on GP around 11:10 UT S20220410-11h10UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220410-11h11UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg cordially s...

stef41

Good morning to all, the storm over France has calmed down and the sun is shining again this Saturday. The opportunity to take a portrait of our star. :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, glasspath x1.7, BF10 and zwo178mm on GP at about 13:50 UT S20220409-13h46UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178...

stef41

good evening to all, Great sunshine over France and a lot of mild weather, it's still nice to see the sun in a T-shirt... even if it won't last! At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 13h10 UT S20220327-13h09UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220327-...

stef41

Hello,

I had already made a thread on astrosurface

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=27406

cordially
stephane

stef41

good evening to all, great blue sky over most of France this week end, I took some time to draw the portrait of our star. :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 13h20 UT S20220227-13h17UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220227-13h18UT-sm40DS-fs60-...

stef41

Hello to all, taking advantage of the last blue sky before a long time at home, the observation of the sun was necessary this Saturday: S20220212-11h39UT-matos.jpg At the fs60 with his sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 11h25 UT S20220212-11h24UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi1...

stef41

good evening to all, a sun at the end of the day near to set and in the cirrus clouds ... in short, a picture not of great quality :) At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 15h48 UT S20220211-15h47UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20220211-15h49UT-sm4...

stef41

good evening to all, a quieter sun than the 5th of February but the weather was good, I could take the equipment out so I took the opportunity to shoot him anyway. :) At the fs60 with his sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on GP around 14h25 UT S20220209-14h22UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gp...

stef41

thank you for your appreciation

and thanks for the SPOD

and thanks to the sun for being, sometimes, so beautiful!

Sincerely,
stéphane

stef41

Hello to all, before the clouds arrive at my place and in spite of my flagrant lack of sleep (little sleepless night with deep sky), some pictures of our star made this day.... and well I took it because it is rather nice with a very beautiful protuberance. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF...

stef41

Hello to all, before the clouds arrive at my place and in spite of my flagrant lack of sleep (little sleepless night with deep sky), some pictures of our star made this day.... and well I took it because it is rather nice with a very beautiful protuberance. At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF...

stef41

good evening to all, I haven't seen the sun since November 12 (mostly because of the crappy weather I've been having for weeks); I finally got to see it today in a big blue hole :) S20220130_matos.jpg At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm on staradventurer around ...

stef41

good evening to all, with a little cloudy sky and a lot of turbulence At the fs60 with its sm40 double stack, BF10, glasspath x1.7 and zwo178mm around 11h30 UT S20211112-11h37UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg S20211112-11h38UT-sm40DS-fs60-bf10-gpx1.7-asi178mm.jpg at the TS helioscope S20211112...

stef41

thank you all for your comments

a french colleague (bernard bayle) made me an animation with SOHO images from the same period.
We can clearly see the continuation of this protuberance... as well as the moment when the X1 flare took place!

: S20211028-soho-protu-X1-BB.gif (2.52 MiB) Viewed 263 times

Sincerely
stéphane

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