Easter Sunday Sunshine 21st April

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Easter Sunday Sunshine 21st April

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Clearest day so far today, not a cloud in sight all day. More images with the travelling kit. First off the full disk with the Lunt50 etalon, 2x cemax barlow, ED60 scope and the FLIR GH3 ICX814 camera.

Imageha-full-disk-ss-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Imageha-full-disk-ss-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

I went for a prom shot with the Quark on the ED60:

Imageproms by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Then the CaK full disk, same setup but stopping back to 40mm aperture: Not much to see but the seeing was good.

Imagecak-full-disk-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Imagecak-full-disk-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Then I decided for a closeup on the small plage departing the limb, 2.5x and 1.5x barlow stacked with the PGR CH3 camera.

Imagecak-close-up-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Imagecak-close-up-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Tomorrows sun looks to be another blank one, but there are blue skies forecast so hope to be getting somemore views in...

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Re: Easter Sunday Sunshine 21st April

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Great set ! Mark. very crisp


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Another very fine set, Mark. It’s a pity the Sun currently is so very blank.

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nice set Mark. Your travelling kit works like a charm


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Indeed blank, but beautiful and very nice prom Mark.


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Another beautiful set from your traveling kit. The prom came out really well.

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Very nice images, Mark!

This is the blankest sun I ever saw. And this is right after so nice AR12738!

I hope that AR12738 will be back and even more developed.


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Hi Mark...

Super crisp images in all bands...well done :bow

Glad to see the images today...last night none of them would display but I just had to wait it out!

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What a beautiful quiet Sun :bow the prominence is a beauty very crisp! and the CaK, well, you are an expert :bow :bow :bow

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Yes, the prom is a great shot. Good stuff Mark.


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Thanks everyone! :)


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