Real quick FD CaK 3/18/2023

[rigel123]

Made a quick 40mm mask for my 80mm Orion ED80T to see how that worked out and discovered two things. First, my eyes aren't as bad as I thought as I was able to make out the disk visually and think if I put a hood over my head and let my eyes adapt I might even see some details! Secondly, yep, I'll look into making a decent 40mm mask rather than the cardboard one I slapped together with construction board and duck tape as details looked better. I'm sure that with better seeing and not rushing focus that the image can get quite a bit better as well. Lunt BF1200/ASI174MM

The hole in the clouds didn't last long but I was able to catch a full disk.

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[MAURITS]

A nice and clean calcium image Warren.

[Petrus]

Nice details Warren! I need to try myself too next time if I can see anything with my Lunt CaK module. I hope that new sunspot would bring more fun to see.

[Martin_S]

Nice Image Warren, thanks for sharing it.

[eroel]

Warren:
You got a nice image, before the hole disappeared.
Best regards.
Eric.

[rigel123]

Thanks Maurits, Petrus, Martin and Eric!

[DeepSolar64]

Nice! You had better luck than I did.

James

[marktownley]

Very nice Warren. The image will certainly be sampled better with that camera and an aperture mask.

[ffellah]

Nice disk Warren !

Franco

[rigel123]

Thanks James, Mark and Franco! I was hoping for a better test today but the wind chill is currently 10F!

[DeepSolar64]

Too cold Mr. Warren!! It’s cold here too.

[arnedanielsen]

Very nice Warren!

Best regards,
Arne

[Montana]

It is always worth a try to see Calcium K, it's a beautiful disc and I am sure many more people could see it if they only tried


Alexandra

[rigel123]

Too cold Mr. Warren!! It’s cold here too.

And yet, I ended up setting up and captured about 2 hours worth at 24F. Hope to process them tomorrow!

Thanks Arne and Alexandra!