(Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
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(Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Heya,
I haven't seen the sky for over a week with this dreadful weather lately here in Florida, literally just nothing. A cold front just blew in and over night it went from 80F+ and all rain and clouds, to dropping in the 30's F and 50~60's F during the day, along with it came a clear blue sky, no clouds at all, all day, and good transparency. The seeing was not as good, but, it was worth wrestling through it a bit. The seeing was decent from 9am to 10am, but it fell apart after that so I didn't get enough time to get good data on the one fairly bright prominence on the limb and could only do a single wavelength today as the seeing just didn't allow for anything else after 10am or so. Anyhow, we have a new sunspot! AR2734 received designation today and it went from a wee active region to showing a nice dipole with visible umbra and a little plage area between the poles and some tiny little filaments whirling around the field. It's so tiny still! On a full disc you could almost not see it without paying close attention. But, at larger scale, it comes to life nicely.
C8 + Quark
C8 + Quark + PST Etalon
Full Disc
Earth Scale
Equipment
C8 Edge HD SCT with Aires 200mm Tri-Band D-ERF & Baader UV/IR Block Filter (Edge 0.7x Focal Reducer utilized)
ST80 masked to 60mm Refractor + Baader UV/IR Block Filter + 0.5x Focal Reducer
Daystar Quark Chromosphere
PST Etalon
ASi174MM
Very best,
I haven't seen the sky for over a week with this dreadful weather lately here in Florida, literally just nothing. A cold front just blew in and over night it went from 80F+ and all rain and clouds, to dropping in the 30's F and 50~60's F during the day, along with it came a clear blue sky, no clouds at all, all day, and good transparency. The seeing was not as good, but, it was worth wrestling through it a bit. The seeing was decent from 9am to 10am, but it fell apart after that so I didn't get enough time to get good data on the one fairly bright prominence on the limb and could only do a single wavelength today as the seeing just didn't allow for anything else after 10am or so. Anyhow, we have a new sunspot! AR2734 received designation today and it went from a wee active region to showing a nice dipole with visible umbra and a little plage area between the poles and some tiny little filaments whirling around the field. It's so tiny still! On a full disc you could almost not see it without paying close attention. But, at larger scale, it comes to life nicely.
C8 + Quark
C8 + Quark + PST Etalon
Full Disc
Earth Scale
Equipment
C8 Edge HD SCT with Aires 200mm Tri-Band D-ERF & Baader UV/IR Block Filter (Edge 0.7x Focal Reducer utilized)
ST80 masked to 60mm Refractor + Baader UV/IR Block Filter + 0.5x Focal Reducer
Daystar Quark Chromosphere
PST Etalon
ASi174MM
Very best,
Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Beautiful images Marty. Glad to see the new system working so well. Now, if we ever get some good weather we can really see what that system can do!
Phil
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Marty:
Super session and a beautiful new setup.
Best regards,
Eric.
Super session and a beautiful new setup.
Best regards,
Eric.
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Nice set of images there Marty!
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
These are cracking Marty
Not much calcium K recently, is there any reason for that?
Alexandra
Not much calcium K recently, is there any reason for that?
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Excellent images, Marty. All great, the first one is my favorite. 2734 is tiny but you succeeded in capturing it in great detail.
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Thank you all,
Very best,
I unfortunately don't have a CaK filter right now. I borrowed some in the past, but it's time to get my own. It's looking like I'll eventually get a Lunt Cak B1200 module and go from there. My hopes are to eventually double stack a pair.
Very best,
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
Very nice, Marty. Nice to see some activity.
Stu.
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: (Sunspot!!) AR2734 & Full Disc in HA | March 6th 2019
An excellent session Marty...great detail with the Quark setup
Brian
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C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
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Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
Maple Ridge Observatory
Cambray, ON Canada
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM