Sunday Sun 18th June '17

[Carbon60]

I awoke to a beautiful morning......deep blue sky, still air and a little freshness after overnight ambient cooling; no contrails and, on the face of it, just about as perfect as it can be for solar imaging (comparatively speaking that is). This is so rare for this part of the world......and it was a Sunday, so no work, except for a few jobs around the garden as we had family visiting for Father's day.

Anyhow, despite the beautiful conditions, I had to limit myself to a few hi-res images using the 150mm/Lunt35 mod, getting a closer view of ARs 2662 and 2663 and then I pushed my luck with a 5x Powermate on my 72mm refractor in CaK.

First up, AR2662
20170618_Ha_AR2662 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

....and AR2663...

20170618_Ha_AR2663 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

And AR2663 in CaK with my Lunt B600 module.

20170618_CaK_AR2663 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

The fair weather is set to last another day or two, however, it's back to work tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.

Stu.

[marktownley]

Nice images Stu! Glad the fair weather made it up to you too. Back to work for me too tomorrow, however i'll be up at 5 to be imaging by 6. Reminds me, must make my sandwiches and have a shave before I go to bed...

[ffellah]

Beautiful results, Stu. The second image is magnificent.....

Franco

[Albuqshutterbug]

Somehow I think you're cheating.
Beautiful shots all.
Jim

[Montana]

Not got the new toy out!!!!! awwww

Oh well, these are very fine images Stu (just expecting something else )


Alexandra

[David_The_Bears_Fan]

Quality not quantity Stu, very good.

[DJD]

Beautifully done Stu.
Best wishes,
David

[eroel]

Stu:
Beautiful set of clean images, well deserved for Fathers day.
Thanks for sharing,
Eric.

[Carbon60]

Many thanks everyone. I really appreciate your kind comments.

Stu.

[Carbon60]

Not got the new toy out!!!!! awwww

Oh well, these are very fine images Stu (just expecting something else )


Alexandra

Hi Alexandra,

I did get the new toy out for a warm up.

IMG_2976-001 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

IMG_2975-001 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

IMG_2974-001 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Altair Astro RC250-TT V2 10" Truss Tube Ritchey Chretien Astrograph
Aries 265mm tri-band ERF.
Machined aluminium cell.

I don't have anything set up for Ha on this scope and although the skies were clear the seeing wasn't really suitable for the big gun and couldn't get anything worth posting in CaK or G-band. We'll see how things go over the coming weeks.

Cheers.

Stu.

[marktownley]

Sexy time!