Maurits... Like Marty and others have said, I'd take the reducer out and find the correct tuning setting and see how the image looks without extra optics like the reducer in place. Once you have a configured setup then try the reducer. The spacing between the reducer and chip will have 'sweet' spot ...

An excellent set of solar Ha and CaK images Eric, and the lunar mosaic is very sharp. Great work on all

Brian

Phil...

Great shots and I'd day the first inverted image looks very 3D indeed !!!

Brian

Very nice full disk images Stephane!!!

Brian

Superb images and animation Paul...excellent work

Brian

Hi Paul...

Nice catch with the quiet state of the sun, and I like the 'Dinosaur' description too!!!!

Brian

Hi David...

The scope certainly looks good for WL work, and will be interesting to see how it performs stopped down. On the plus side, there are some CaK proms visible so hopefully the scope can made to work.

Brian

Eric and Alexandra... Thanks for your comments, they are always very much appreciated :bow Alexandra, I was hoping the faint eastern group would have came up better in the larger scope but all the settings and focal lengths failed to work. I should have used the barlow on the LS80T now that I think ...

Hi Mark...

Great capture with the proms making up for the slow disk activity

The new scope and camera certainly make a great pair!!!

Brian

Superb FD's as you always post Eric, and the prom looks amazing. Well done

Brian

Outstanding resolution Valery...excellent work

Brian

Outstanding resolution Valery...excellent work

Brian

Stu, Maurits, and David...

Many thanks to each of you for your comments and feedback, always appreciated

Brian

Hi Pedro...

Glad you caught some sun between clouds...pretty quiet the past week or so. That prom on the NE is still going, did you see any of the proms on the eastern side today?

Brian

Thanks Mark

Cloud and snow have returned this morning, but at least one day was good this weekend for astronomy (clouded out last night too).

Brian

Hello everyone... We were treated to a clear, sun-filled day today...the wind made the -8C seem colder than it was. The solar disk was pretty blank today with limited features, but there were many small proms and one brighter one that showed well while I was getting wet up. The first image is is a f...

Great results Pepe...the WL is very sharp

Brian

Superb sketch Marois...well done

Brian

Hi Stuart...

Really sharp crescent moon, well done and glad the results paid off under the conditions you had.

Brian

An excellent set of images form the session Eric...well done

Brian

A great set of images and thanks for sharing photos of the equipment you use

Happy New Year too!!!

Brian

These latest images look amazing Marty...excellent work

Brian

Great set of images Eric...very sharp!!!

Brian

Hi Rainer...

Great full disk images, at least there were a few filaments and the un-named AR emerged around the limb. Well done

Brian

Excellent images Valery...well done

Brian