Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
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Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Hi All,
Apologies if i'm not as busy on here of late, work is just sapping all my time, meaning while I can find the time for a quick scan of posts I don't have the opportunity to respond to all. So, if I haven't responded to your post don't take offence, i'm just struggling to fit everything in the day!
Sunday however offered clear skies, and with the 7 foot winter pier installed and peeping over the 6 foot high neighbours fence, I have a sunny window all year round from midday till just before sunset - woohoo! I was excited to get the scopes out, and looking through the double stacked 50mm Ha setup visually for a while I have to say I think is the busiest i've seen the sun since Easter 2019. It was very relaxing and calming to be able to take the time to look properly through the eyepiece with the hustle and bustle of life surrounding the rest of the week. Even Mrs T enjoyed a look through the scope in between her doing the garden.
I was keen to dust off the cobwebs and grab some images though, and started off with the Ha full disk - 50mm Lunt etalon double stacked with a Quark. Seeing was never going to be great, and some bits of the image are softer than others, but hey ho - better than clouds!
Ha-FD-DS-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Spoilt for things to look at - visually the prom in the northern hemisphere looked great!
prom-ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Forgot to sort the tilter out and a bit of banding as a result, need to add that job to the list!
active-regions-Ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
My favourites were in CaK though, and raising the gamma in ImPPG meant the spicule ring and proms came out quite nicely I thought (for CaK) while still retaining some disk contrast. Be sure to double click the disk for the full size view in Flickr to see the limb, particularly around where the new activity is emerging. I like the surge jet!
CaK-FD-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
These were shot at 60mm f16 for the disk, and 60mm f28 for the closeup. Very borderline results for the seeing, but pleased they came out.
ar-cak-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
All in all a nice way to spend a sunday!
Hope you like,
Mark
Apologies if i'm not as busy on here of late, work is just sapping all my time, meaning while I can find the time for a quick scan of posts I don't have the opportunity to respond to all. So, if I haven't responded to your post don't take offence, i'm just struggling to fit everything in the day!
Sunday however offered clear skies, and with the 7 foot winter pier installed and peeping over the 6 foot high neighbours fence, I have a sunny window all year round from midday till just before sunset - woohoo! I was excited to get the scopes out, and looking through the double stacked 50mm Ha setup visually for a while I have to say I think is the busiest i've seen the sun since Easter 2019. It was very relaxing and calming to be able to take the time to look properly through the eyepiece with the hustle and bustle of life surrounding the rest of the week. Even Mrs T enjoyed a look through the scope in between her doing the garden.
I was keen to dust off the cobwebs and grab some images though, and started off with the Ha full disk - 50mm Lunt etalon double stacked with a Quark. Seeing was never going to be great, and some bits of the image are softer than others, but hey ho - better than clouds!
Ha-FD-DS-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Spoilt for things to look at - visually the prom in the northern hemisphere looked great!
prom-ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Forgot to sort the tilter out and a bit of banding as a result, need to add that job to the list!
active-regions-Ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
My favourites were in CaK though, and raising the gamma in ImPPG meant the spicule ring and proms came out quite nicely I thought (for CaK) while still retaining some disk contrast. Be sure to double click the disk for the full size view in Flickr to see the limb, particularly around where the new activity is emerging. I like the surge jet!
CaK-FD-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
These were shot at 60mm f16 for the disk, and 60mm f28 for the closeup. Very borderline results for the seeing, but pleased they came out.
ar-cak-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
All in all a nice way to spend a sunday!
Hope you like,
Mark
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Great shots Mark.
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Doesn't mean I know what I'm doing, though!
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Thanks Geoff!
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Well done Mark!
Really fine looking discs
Fabio
Really fine looking discs
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Thanks Franco and Fabio, here's a shot of the active region and the departing limb.
active-regions-other-side-ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
active-regions-other-side-ha-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Fine images Mark and the "Tree" prom is so fine and sharp.
Thanks for finding the time to show us these.
Terry
Thanks for finding the time to show us these.
Terry
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
An excellent session, Mark. Very nice,crisp, images. As you say, lots going on, for a change.
Stu.
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Thanks Terry, thanks Stu.
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Excellent work, Mark! I spent ten minutes just going thru all the shots and learning. Thanks for the shares.
Clear Skies
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
Excellent session, Mark!
Wish you more of warm sunny days.
Valery
Wish you more of warm sunny days.
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Thanks everyone!
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Re: Sunday Sunshine 22nd November
This is an excellent series of images images Mark
Nice to see you could take advantage of the day!
Brian
Nice to see you could take advantage of the day!
Brian
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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