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- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Half way through the month. need your help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1595
Half way through the month. need your help
The annular eclipse is in the books and the total eclipse is coming up on April 8th! www.paypal.me/cbsap to supportnour refustered nonprofit 501c3 We are doing our Fall fundraiser right now and invite you to support the worlds largest solar astronomy nonprofit and educational internet forum. We star...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:12 am
- Forum: Annular Solar Eclipse October 14 2023
- Topic: Frustrating annular eclipse here on the GA coast.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1493
Frustrating annular eclipse here on the GA coast.
it was completely overcast here on the coast until about eight minutes before the end of the eclipse. Then I got a 30 to 40 second thinner patch of clouds where I could see the Sun. Thankfully, I was ready with just my unfiltered birdwatching camera to get this one cloudy shot. neither of my two rea...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:34 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: your assistance please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1944
your assistance please
:seesaw Okay, one donation yesterday and thank you. Let’s see if we can at least double that today. 🙂 The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser is going on through October. We are a real nonprofit 501c3 in Atlanta, GA USA. We are not a gofundme page or any of that sketch...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: fall fundraiser needs your help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1557
Re: fall fundraiser needs your help!
Please support the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! and this free internet forum with a generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Full disks with the Player One Apollo M Max and the PGR grasshopper Express 6MP Oct 5th
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1766
Full disks with the Player One Apollo M Max and the PGR grasshopper Express 6MP Oct 5th
Player One
Point Gray Grasshopper
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:52 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Students in Popayan, Colombia thank donors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1487
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:35 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: fall fundraiser needs your help!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1557
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Please support our fundraiser
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2165
Please support our fundraiser
The fundraiser is going veeeerrryyy slowly so far but such is the way of life as a nonprofit director. People are busy, other expenses come up, etc… Anyway, we are going to do our thing until our prize drawing on Oct 31st trying to raise $20,000 to keep the nonprofit operating for the next 6 months....
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3191
Re: 2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
sort of. Im at another home without access to my web design computer so the goal still says $15K even though it’s $20k this time.
The thermometer is on the front page of www.solarastronomy.org and updated when more comes in…
The thermometer is on the front page of www.solarastronomy.org and updated when more comes in…
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:11 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3191
Re: 2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
Please consider a tax deductible and generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap to keep the forum and the nonprofit going.
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solarchat Zoom meeting Sunday, Oct 8th at 1800GMT
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2141
Solarchat Zoom meeting Sunday, Oct 8th at 1800GMT
please join us this Sunday at 1800 GMT for our monthly solarchat meeting. Stephen Ramsden is inviting you to the Solarchat meeting. Topic: Solarchat Monthly Hangout on Zoom Time: This is a recurring meeting on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 1800GMT Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/581369...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:48 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3191
2023 FALL FUNDRAISER BEGINS TODAY!
Hey Everyone!! It's that time again! Please consider a tax deductible donation through www.PayPal.me/cbsap to help our awesome Sunlight in Nature and Solar Astronomy nonprofit continue on for another 6 months! This time the goal is $20k US which will pay for eclipse related materials already purchas...
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: New to solar observing and solar imaging. First time poster.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 331
Re: New to solar observing and solar imaging. First time poster.
can you include a photograph of your telescope set up with the eyepiece in place? I suspect you just don’t have your blocking filter pushed all the way in.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:42 am
- Forum: Annular Solar Eclipse October 14 2023
- Topic: September 2023 Solarchat Zoom meeting. Annular Eclipse presentation
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4751
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:11 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solarchat Zoom meeting Sunday Sept. 10th 1800GMT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1644
Solarchat Zoom meeting Sunday Sept. 10th 1800GMT
this months topic will be a lecture concerning the upcoming annular solar eclipse presented by Shawn Johnson of Atlanta. Solarchat is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Solarchat Monthly Hangout on Zoom Time: This is a recurring meeting on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 1800GMT Join Z...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: August 2023 Solarchat meeting archive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 860
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: August Solarchat Meeting Sunday 1830GMT
- Replies: 0
- Views: 710
August Solarchat Meeting Sunday 1830GMT
come join us for a get together of solar astronomy friends Sunday at 1830 GMT. Stephen W. Ramsden is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Solarchat Monthly Hangout on Zoom Time: 1800GMT Sunday, 13 Aug 2023 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5813691822 Meeting ID: 581 369 1822 Pa...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:45 am
- Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
- Topic: Hinode Solar guider no longer available?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2403
Re: Hinode Solar guider no longer available?
i’ve been using mine for over a decade and I’ve never plugged it into a computer. The hand controller is tiny and removes one more step in software for me so I love it.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:03 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: July 18th from the marsh using an old PST
- Replies: 6
- Views: 791
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Forum Support Issues
- Topic: Allowed Upload Extensions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4432
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Solar Software
- Topic: internal etalon mod calculations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1028
Re: internal etalon mod calculations
i’m sorry for this inadvertent result of recent forum changes. I reactivated the XLS extension and all should be good
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:43 pm
- Forum: Forum Support Issues
- Topic: Allowed Upload Extensions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4432
Allowed Upload Extensions
Hi everyone. we had a wonderful Solarchat zoom meeting this past Sunday and I invite all of you to attend future ones. It was decided by the group that we would put some restrictions on certain upload file formats because we keep getting gigantic tiff files being uploaded that no one else can see. A...
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: July Solarchat Zoom 9th July 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2213
Re: July Solarchat Zoom 9th July 2023
thank you for hosting Alexandra! Natalie and I are at the Marsh House and I have been busy wrestling alligators out of the backyard and chasing off hogs. I will be signing in to test our high-speed Internet to see if it is dependable enough to host future meetings from here. We are out in the middle...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:24 am
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: Solarchat Monthly Meetup Jun 11th, 1800Z
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2346
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: Solarchat Monthly Meetup Jun 11th, 1800Z
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2346
Re: Solarchat Monthly Meetup Jun 11th, 1800Z
We are here! waiting.
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:35 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: First try with DS - I guess there is some off-banding?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 376
Re: First try with DS - I guess there is some off-banding?
Since this is a very international forum, a lot of users have way slower internet than in the states. If possible, could you upload in jpg format instead of png? These images are 25MB each…:) We don’t really restrict anything here on solarchat so we rely on the users to keep it all running smooth. T...
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:36 pm
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: Solarchat Monthly Meetup Jun 11th, 1800Z
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2346
Solarchat Monthly Meetup Jun 11th, 1800Z
looking forward to seeing everyone this coming Sunday at 1800 GMT for our monthly solarchat meet up. I’m not sure what Alexandra has in store for us ;), but we will meet up and say hello and find out. here is the Zoom information: Stephen W. Ramsden is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic...
- Tue May 30, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: GOAL MET!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 461
GOAL MET!
Thanks to a very small group of incredibly generous, longtime supporters of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth, WE MET OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL!!! there is one more day left in the fundraiser so if you would like to participate, I will be sending everything raised over the goal to ou...
- Sat May 27, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Less than $2000 to go! Come on members
- Replies: 3
- Views: 325
Less than $2000 to go! Come on members
Thanks Katherine Jares for your donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! Spring Fundraiser! we are at $13,050 of the $15,000 goal!! This is the last weekend of our drive and we would really appreciate your generous, tax deductible contribution at www.paypal.me/cbsap Thank ...
- Tue May 23, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 1 week left
- Replies: 3
- Views: 341
1 week left
Thanks so much to all of our wonderful, but tiny group of donors so far! It is May 23rd, the fundraising goal is $15k by next Wednesday, May 31st! We are just over $12k now. WE CAN DO IT! Those of you who watch these posts go by and just get irritated or act like they don’t exist and never donate to...
- Mon May 22, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Support the forum and the nonprofit
- Replies: 1
- Views: 177
- Wed May 17, 2023 4:58 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: we are very close folks.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 480
we are very close folks.
it would be great if a couple dozen more members could send something to the fundraiser so I can quit pestering everyone.
www.paypal.me/cbsap
www.paypal.me/cbsap
- Wed May 17, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: FD mosaics, may 13 and 15
- Replies: 16
- Views: 532
Re: FD mosaics, may 13 and 15
That’s about as good as it gets right there, James.
- Sun May 14, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: very close!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 221
very close!
www.paypal.me/cbsap to support our Spring fundraiser!
Thank you 14 forum members for your donations.
Thank you 14 forum members for your donations.
- Fri May 12, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: May Solarchat Zoom 14th May 2023
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5091
Re: May Solarchat Zoom 14th May 2023
turns out since it’s mothers day, I cant host it. Alexandra is running this one.
- Fri May 12, 2023 2:42 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Please donate to our Spring fundraiser.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 520
Please donate to our Spring fundraiser.
Thank you to the 7 solarchat members who have donated to keep the forum going.
It would be great if we could get a big turnout in the fundraiser from forum members.
www.paypal.me/cbsap
It would be great if we could get a big turnout in the fundraiser from forum members.
www.paypal.me/cbsap
- Tue May 09, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Spring Fundraiser sponsorship recipient announced!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1600
Spring Fundraiser sponsorship recipient announced!!
We are EXTRAORDINARILY PROUD! to announce the recipient of this years sponsorship from our Spring fundraiser. (to help finance this incredible opportunity and others, please go to https://www.PayPal.me/cbsap to support our Spring fundraiser) Claudio Stabile is a very impressive young man in Pennsylv...
- Fri May 05, 2023 1:36 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Please consider supporting the forum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 246
Please consider supporting the forum
thank you to seven forum members who have donated so far.
This is our spring fundraiser and I would be very grateful if you could send a generous amount to www.PayPal.me/CBSAP to help us reach our goal of $15,000 by the end of May.
This is our spring fundraiser and I would be very grateful if you could send a generous amount to www.PayPal.me/CBSAP to help us reach our goal of $15,000 by the end of May.
- Wed May 03, 2023 2:28 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Please contribute
- Replies: 0
- Views: 712
Please contribute
Thank you Tracey Armstrong Collins, Ralph Reda, Susan Griffith Berthelot, and Keith Rainey for your very generous donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! Spring fundraiser!! paypal.me/cbsap to donate. Our goal is $15,000 by May 31st to fund the teaching of the science and...
- Mon May 01, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: CBSAP/Sunlit Earth! Spring 2023 fundraiser underway!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3333
CBSAP/Sunlit Earth! Spring 2023 fundraiser underway!
Welcome to the spring 2023 fundraiser for the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth! We are the nonprofit that pays for and maintains this solar astronomy internet form. We are a US federal and state of Georgia registered nonprofit 501(c)(3) that gathers resources including equipment an...
- Mon May 01, 2023 10:27 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: I only had 2 jobs today (Nov 3)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 873
Re: I only had 2 jobs today (Nov 3)
a beautiful image for sure
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: A prom landscape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 610
Re: A prom landscape
these are fantastic Gus. I had to share these on our Facebook page as well. Nice work.
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:17 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 27th March 3 days of sunspots
- Replies: 6
- Views: 220
Re: 27th March 3 days of sunspots
nice and clear! good post.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 489
Re: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
definitely agree . of course it costs ten times as
much and performs accordingly.
much and performs accordingly.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:09 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 489
Re: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
The Player One camera is 1608 pixels across and the PGR is 2768 pixels at max resolution. The P1A has some banding issues and it’s a lot smaller image so less processing wiggle room. The PGR was $3500 though and the Player One was $399 :) i’ve been using the PGR for almost 10 years and I’m very fami...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 489
Re: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
This next batch was from the same time using the Player One Astronomy Apollo M-Max at 125 fps on another 2013 iMac using Firecapture. Same scopes as above. P1A White Light full disk monochrome.jpg P1A White Light full disk colored.jpg P1A White Light closeup sunspot.jpg P1A White Light closeup monoc...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 489
Sun from the driveway on March 19th in Atlanta
These first ones were all caught at 7 fps using a 6MP PGR Grasshopper Express/ASTRO-PHYSICS STARFIRE 130MM, Baadar Wedge, Lunt B1800 CaK module, and an externally double stacked Lunt LS100mm. All captured and processed on a 2013 iMac using ASTRO IIDC/Photoshop/Topaz. PGR White Light Full Disk 2.jpg ...
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: March 19th RAW flare video
- Replies: 8
- Views: 268
March 19th RAW flare video
This is the RAW video from the Player One Apollo M Max camera on the externally double stacked Lunt LS100 of a flaring event on March 19th around 1630 UTC.
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: Forum Support Issues
- Topic: inactive users and spammers removed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2322
inactive users and spammers removed
In order to streamline things, I also deactivated anyone who hasn’t logged in since 2015-1-1. We found 27 active and known spammer accounts on the forum that were also deleted. If any of these inactive accounts were you, I can reactivate you if you like before 2024-1-1 after which you will be perman...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Help me decide what to buy!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 349
Re: Help me decide what to buy!
I'd go with #1, also.