Sunny Wednesday 24th March 2021

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Sunny Wednesday 24th March 2021

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Around mid-morning the weather cleared from the west, as promised, leading to a beautiful afternoon.

Here are some FDs in Ca II K and Ha and an ambitious close up of the two main active regions AR2811/2812. I say ambitious because the conditions late in the morning weren't ideal for this scale on my DS 150/Lunt 35.

First up are the Ca II K images on a 72 mm Altair Lightwave with a Lunt B1800 module/1.5x Barlow/Basler acA2440-75um camera.

Image20210324_CaK_FD_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210324_CaK_FD_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

...and in the red, a Ha FD on my DS Lunt 60 with the same camera and barlow. Two pane mosaic as the image just misses being on one frame. Rainer's initial still prevails in the north-west.

Image20210324_Ha_FD_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210324_Ha_FD by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Then over to the 150mm/Lunt 35 for a two pane mosaic, capturing active regions 2811 and 2812 on a Basler acA1920-155um using a 2.5x PowerMate.

Image20210324_Ha_AR2811_AR2812 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

I would have done more, but conference calls meant I had to leave the lovely sunshine behind and in any case the seeing was getting worse.

Thanks for looking.

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Re: Sunny Wednesday 24th March 2021

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Hi Stu,

Excellent images


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These are very nice. Imaging has certainly re-ignited my interest in CaK!!


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Re: Sunny Wednesday 24th March 2021

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:bow2 Hi Stu

Wow, great images, love the Cak ones, my Cak efforts suck, congrats , great effort


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Top shots, Stu. Thank you for sharing.

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Nice to see the images Stu! Glad you got a chance to image even if conditions weren't as hoped!


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Stu:
Top images all of them.
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Excellent set of images Stu. Well done.

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Excellent images Stu.


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These are superb Stuart :bow :hamster: I really hope the weather does the same as yesterday so I can get the scopes out today :)

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Many thanks, everyone. Much appreciated.

I re-coloured the Ha FD.

Image20210324_Ha_New_DS_FD_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

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Excellent results Stu...well done :bow

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Many thanks, Brian.

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Excellent stuff, Stuart!

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