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

Pedro... No details were provided, just that the CaK unit specially for the LS152 needed to be tweaked and they were not building any until they sorted it out. I had them assemble a modified version for my 150mm iStar refractor using the CaK wedge and the B1800CaK filter that I already had...works n...

Hi everyone... Good news on the CaK front at Lunt. Brian Stephens at Lunt answered my email and says that there are no plans to cease making the CaK blocking filters. They do have an issue with the LS152 CaK module which they have stopped production on short term in order to make a fix, but it will ...

Nicely detailed CaK images Bart...well done

Brian

Hi Mark... Beautiful scope and write up of its history, your blocking filter setup, and your first light perceptions. The skies looked poor to a trial run but good skies are few and far between...the first image form the scope and new camera do look exceptional. Looking forward more images as you co...

All...

When I looked online this morning I was surprised to see that there were several different CaK blocking filters in stock...typically they are on a waiting list.

I'll post the answer on their plans once I hear back.

Brian

Hi all...

I have just checked the Lunt website and the CaK lineup is still there and accepting orders. I have sent an email to them to confirm and will advise what their answer is.

Brian