Great captures Rainer, yeah, interesting spot groups now. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures Pedro, great you've had some good seeing. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures and update James. Two nice sunspot groups, hopefully they may grow. Thanks for sharing.

Nice capture Maurits, thanks for sharing.

Lovely result Maurits, thanks for sharing.

Lovely result Maurits, thanks for sharing.

Lovely capture Mark, yep two sunspot and plage area's, despite spots being small at the moment. I managed to image to but won't be processing until tomorrow. Well done Mark and thanks for sharing.

Sounds like me, I'm working backwards from yesterday up to last Thursday. I had to make use of the sunshine to 1. sit in 2. do the garden 3. Solar view. Processing can wait for a non sunny day :) Alexandra Totally agree, lol. I'm now six days imaging in a row. Tomorrow's cloud and rain so from tomo...

Lovely captures Dave, love the CaK too. Thanks for sharing.

Carbon60 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:16 pm

There will be plenty of dreary days for processing

Stu

Very true Stu, usually more dreary day's than clear so making the most of it, lol.

marktownley wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:46 pm

Make hay while the sun shines

That's my thoughts exactly Mark, lol.

Hi all, I've not posted since last week. I've got lots of data to process each day since last Thursday. Five days of imaging in a row and potential for tomorrow too according to the forecast. My data is backing up, lol. At the moment I'm just taking advantage of the clear skies and collecting the da...

Well done Jochen. I've got five days of data backlog now from last Thursday till today. Hopefully get to process soon. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures Alexandra, sorry to hear about your blocking filters. Hopefully they'll be back in full working order soon. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic, my first decent scope was a fullerscope.

ffellah wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:12 am

Excellent first light Nigella. I am a bit like you, I try to take out my large scope even in unfavorable conditions. Sometime it pays off, taking some risk is part of this hobby.This time it paid off for you.

Franco

Thanks Franco appreciate your comments. Yeah, I agree Franco.

Always nice to tinker and experiment a bit. Results aren't half bad considering the less than optimal conditions. Thanks Jochen, I was pleased with the results considering the restraints. When the sun is higher I'm still going to try the K-Line. For now I'll be trying the 685nm IR see what that does.

‘Learning by doing’ as the saying goes. It’s good to try things and find out first hand what works and what does not. I’ve found lots of configurations that don’t work, which makes it even more exciting when you do find that magical combination that produces good results. You do have to appreciate ...

Thanks Ale for sharing, love the HA

Lovely captures, it must feel great to get back to your solar imaging. I get withdrawals if I don't see the sun. Here in the UK I can go weeks, especially in the winter months. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures, it must feel great to get back to your solar imaging. I get withdrawals if I don't see the sun. Here in the UK I can go weeks, especially in the winter months. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations Mark, should improve things. Hopefully we'll get some lovely stable seeing here in the UK so you can get the most out of that scope. Thanks for sharing.

Good first light! You actually just attempted a lot of things that were up against you. Just for your info, the spherical aberration of your SCT (all SCT) is incredibly poor for this type of telescope due to fast F2 mirror and the corrector plate making it very poor for short near UV wavelengths. A...

Lovely captures Simon, thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures Simon, thanks for sharing.