Mark and Eric...

Thanks for your comments and good wishes

Brian

Derek and Stu...

Thanks to you both on the solar feedback and anniversary wishes

Brian

Thanks Derek....

How are you getting along with the new refractor?

Brian

Thanks Rainer!!!

Brian

Hi all... It has taken most of the week to process the images from this past Monday...been trying to clear up the backlog of paperwork at work before taking holidays. Monday was a holiday here, so I had more freedom to work at imaging and the seeing wasn't too bad either. The first images are full d...

Thanks Stu...always appreciate the feedback !!!

Brian

Alexandra and Mark... Thanks for your comments, they are always appreciated :bow It was a good weekend getting time to observe and image, though the post image capture work processing the sequences takes about 3x as long as the capture sessions so once I'm back to work the posting speed slows right ...

Stu, Alexandra, Franco, Valery, and Mark...

Many thanks to each of you for the comments and feedback...always appreciated

Brian

Hi Franco...

Welcome back, and a nice set of images too

It looks like the sodium filter is gaining some popularity!!!

Brian

Hi all... It took a few hours this afternoon to finish processing the balance of the images collected of Sunday. As mentioned in the first post I had a set imaged through the 5x Powermate, but I also had some Ha sets that were imaged in the red and blue wings. I'll start with the 5x series, taken t...

Hi Lou...

These are very sharp images!!!

I think I like the view around Sinus Iridum the most...the rill along the edge of the frame is very prominent.

Brian

Thanks for your feedback Franco

Brian

Good day everyone... The long weekend here in Ontario has been hot, but mostly clear in the morning which has allowed me to image each day (Aug 6th being processed). Not very often I get 3 days in a row to image :o This post starts with some other sunlight sources. To start, a sunset pic of the sun ...

I have added a link to the thunder storm animation...hopefully that will come up on the iPads. Mine is at the office so I can't test it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YUalvH ... e=youtu.be

Brian

Thanks Stu!!!

I will try to post the video to YouTube...the IPads seem to have an issue with it.

Brian

Hi Mark...

Unfortunate that your early planning and setup were negated by the clouds. The Ha and Na images look great despite the poor seeing.

Brian

Thanks for your feedback Derek

We have been having a relatively hot and dry summer here, though the drought broke in time to save the corn and beans for a few weeks at least. Dry weather has cut wheat hay yields, in some cases as much as 20%.

Brian

Thanks Mark, let's hope this emerging region develops into something with some nice activity!!!

Sounds like the video loaded...wasn't sure if it was going to play outside of my own PC.

Brian

Hi all... I has a clear start to the day but a lot of cloud began to drift in after I nicely started to image. I was able to grab a few full disk and higher resolution Ha images before I was shut down for an hour or so. There were not a lot of features today, the remains of AR2717 and a region start...

Alexandra, Mark and Franco... Thanks for your comments, always appreciated :bow Franco, good to hear you enjoyed your visit to Montreal and a pleasant surprise when you called too. Your timing was good as about a half hour later I would have been out in the field harvesting wheat plots and wouldn't ...

The granulation with the Na filter is very sharp

Good to see your SSM plugin works and proves itself with the image you have presented.

Brian

Mark...

Great Ha and CaK images...nice to see some activity !!!

Brian

Excellent results Marty

Brian

Very impressive Valery...especially the granulation lurking in the background of the red wing image

Brian

Awesome shot for 6 sec Derek!!! The lens looks to have huge potential astro imaging.

Brian