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marktownley wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:27 am A great set Steve! I hate work too - it does pay the bills though

Cheers Mark ,

Sod's Law says I've a free day today ......

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DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:39 am Nice active region close ups!!

Thanks James ...

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Early capture , late post , I hate having to work ... but at least I managed a few close-ups today ... :lol: https://astrob.in/a475nd/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/sxkxul/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/kf03f2/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/4i7zg...

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Thank you everyone ...

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Early seeing was lovely today , sadly I had no time to faff about with close-ups ...

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Because you will damage the coatings. Baader Astrosolar film is coated on both sides making it less susceptable to 'pinhole' problems but the unidentified film in your filter may well be single side coated , as glass filters are , and therefore more likely to be rendered useless , nee dangerous , if...

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Decent seeing first thing , but the wind was still gusting well and the Evostar 150's a big old lump , so close-ups were fun to catch ... :lol: https://astrob.in/fvmlhb/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/rqjg4x/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/o82dhg/0/rawthumb/hd/get.j...

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According to my findings, the AviStack 2.0 was and still is the best stacking SW in work with the movies obtained in poor seeing conditions. PS. Petr, as for "real" details invisible to eyes, I would advice to talk to Gabriel Gorban from Bucharest University in Romania and see his best wo...

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Ropey conditions out there , but a gap's a gap so happy to have seen him again ...

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Superb disks, Steve. I very much enjoy the detail. Franco Thanks Franco , I've now sourced the extension rings I needed for the 2" Barlow and have adjusted the rig to properly fill the full frame 6D to help with the detail. Before tweaking . IMG_0008.JPG After adding about 30mm to the Barlow t...

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nicosolcy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:50 am Full disks will do just fine sir!

Thank you ... It's just so frustrating when there's such an expanse of activity to get stuck into , looks like Sunday will be my next opportunity ...

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Montana wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:11 am Wow!! what a sight why is it so wet here?

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Same here today ...

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Averton wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:54 am For poor conditions the close up of AR3363 is a ripper.

Thanks guys ...

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Clouds weren't co-operating today so no close-up view just the full discs ...

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Wow!! I think these are your best ever Steve :bow :bow :bow what a beautiful twisted light bridge and granulations Alexandra Thank you Alexandra , I'm of the same thinking ... :P The lightbridge gave me no end of joy just staring at it mesmerised , so sorry I couldn't capture enough to animate an h...

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MAURITS wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:41 pm Superb WL lightbridge image.

Thank you ...

I was hoping to try an animation of it but the clouds intervened ...

It was beautiful to watch on the screen during capture , almost alive , the twin lightbridge tendrils were intertwined like an umbilical cord...

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Poor seeing again but at least I saw it today . Disc .... Evostar 150 + EOS 6D + 2.2x Barlow + ND5.0 + Oiii. Close-up .... Evostar 150 + Altair 174MM Hypercam + 2x Barlow + ND5.0 + Baader Continuum + UV/IR Cut. (Scaled 130%) https://astrob.in/2fgnpz/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/v...

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Thanks folks , I was actually a tad disappointed with the close-up , the seeing was dreadful , I shot over twenty 120s capture and threw all bar one of them straight in the bin ... but hey it's never going to be nice all the time and when there's a set amount of blue to play in you just have to go w...

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Very hasty early session in poor seeing ...

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Another early grab in the sliver of clear sky between the rain ... ;) https://astrob.in/6okxue/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/hb16pm/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/ktdmuy/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure And just one rough close-up. https://astrob.in/g2i49w/0/rawthu...

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Montana wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 5:59 pm Fabulous set Steve nothing but warm clouds and bands of rain passing through today

Alexandra

Thank you Alexandra , sorry about your weather ...

I'm loving the step up to 150mm , the close-ups with the 174MM are my best work yet I think ...

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Another lovely session , little quicker today as there was only a brief sliver of blue. https://astrob.in/7asoma/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/xxs83z/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/kq4hm4/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure And the close-ups. https://astrob.in/2fgam2/...

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Sorry you missed the last week guys , but you can have "The Ashes" or blue skies but certainly not both together ...

Great set to come back with ...

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Thanks folks , here's hoping you all get plenty of blue next week ...

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Well that was a bit of a session ... :lol: https://astrob.in/lb0hdz/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/cjwryx/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/u26iql/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure And a montage of close-ups , I think I got everything ... :lol: https://astrob.in/y6jxk2/...

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These are very clear today, all the tiny pores/spots are visible, great shot!!! :bow :hamster: Alexandra Thanks Alexandra , I just need some T-adapter extensions next to adjust the Barlowing to fill the chip properly , the 6D has a few more bright pixels than I'd like but it was only £200 so mustn'...

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More playing camera-wise , chucked the 90D on today , the biggun was further round than NASA/SDO showed ...

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Just had a quick gander at the HMI Continuum before heading outside , very large spot just appearing on the limb ...

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DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:38 am Steve,
These look fine to me!

James

I'm a fussy so 'n' so ...

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Steve, I have noticed that you are very regular and highly reliable provider of very high quality solar mages. Do you keep a count of how many days you image? Or, perhaps, count those you don't? Or can't? Due to cloud, the weather or impossible seeing conditions. Regards Chris High Chris , I don't ...

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Dreadful seeing so not a great test , but better than yesterday's offering at least ...

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nicosolcy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:16 am Still kind of “romantic” with the clouds and all

Thanks Nick ,

Frustrating sitting watching clear blue just to the north and a dead westerly wind keeping it tantalisingly out of reach of me.

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One frame more than I should have got to be honest , but it was nice to say goodbye to the monster AR before it slips from view ...

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Cheeky!! I'm at work here by 7.30am in Manchester and yes it is a beautiful morning. I must admit, I am having a cup of tea and waiting for my 10 year old laptop to manage a microsoft update, been going 20 minutes now :( I might get to do some analysis when it finally starts up :) Alexandra I'm cur...

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So many spots!! :hamster: :bow you must be able to do an animated full sequence over the last week now :) Alexandra Thank you ma'am , I'm going to wait until the big AR (sorry I lose track of numbering ) has disappeared and then I'll do an animation using the HMI Continuum data via JHelioviewer to ...

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Great to see Steve :bow :hamster: just rain here too (and work) Alexandra I was shooting , processing and posting these while you were blundering about in your 'jamas girl , and I was at work at 08:30 ... :lol: Sorry about the rain , you have a clear spell first thing tomorrow it would appear but n...

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Quick grab in the small clear patch that lined itself up for me ...

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Finally got to play properly with the Altair Hypercan 174MM Fan-cooled camera ... :P https://astrob.in/errr0z/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/8tqn2u/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/kiwjru/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?insecure https://astrob.in/iw88kn/0/rawthumb/hd/get.jpg?...

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Montana wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 6:35 pm That active region is looking very alone

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I was thinking the same until I plugged in this morning and saw the myriad of tiny bits appearing on t'other side of the disc ...

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Nice work Steve! I wonder how much that big region has changed between our sessions. I imaged about two hours ago but won't have time to process them until later this evening. James Looking forward to seeing them James. In a few days , when it has rotated from view I'll knock up a video via JHeliov...

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Welcome to Solarchat Andrea ,

That is beautiful and mesmorising ...

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marktownley wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 1:41 pm Very nice Steve, i'm sat patiently waiting for the clouds to break here today. It probably will do so when I decide to go for a pint later

Thanks Mark ,

I see a few small gaps approaching you on Sat24 , but they're few and far between , happy hunting ...

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Thanks guys , it was nice to catch a glimpse ...

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Get much closer and you'll lose your eyebrows ...

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Get much closer and you'll lose your eyebrows ...

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What a difference a day makes ...

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No description regarding conditions necessary , a picture paints a thousand words ...

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I'd just like thank those involved in awarding me a SPOD for yesterday's disc ... cheered me up no end on a grey miserable afternoon ... :D P.S. I have a"greylight" disc from six 'o' clock this morning but haven't had a chance to process it yet , but it will arrive for what it's worth , it...

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That is gorgeous sir ...

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