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by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Ha Sun - 18th May, 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 104

Re: Ha Sun - 18th May, 2024

A lovely set :bow :hamster: the proms were beautiful all weekend :)

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sun FD in H-Alpha, CaK and Continuum May 18th 2024
Replies: 8
Views: 174

Re: Sun FD in H-Alpha, CaK and Continuum May 18th 2024

Absolutely lovely Arne, great to see all the comparisons :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sunday Sun....proms galore
Replies: 8
Views: 199

Re: Sunday Sun....proms galore

Brilliant Stuart :bow :hamster: yes the proms were fantastic :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sun:Cak-White light-H-alpha:from Oleg in UKRAINE
Replies: 423
Views: 70691

Re: Sun:Cak-White light-H-alpha:from Oleg in UKRAINE

Some amazing additions Oleg :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Big prom timelapse and solar guiding
Replies: 4
Views: 121

Re: Big prom timelapse and solar guiding

Wow!! this is phenomenal :bow :bow :movie

The only thing I would avoid though is the reverse, after a while I couldn't work out where the flow of material was going and I got lost.

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Solar guiding - first test of PHD2.planetary on AR3685
Replies: 12
Views: 370

Re: Solar guiding - first test of PHD2.planetary on AR3685

Well done and a terrific animation too :bow :hamster: :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: WL SUN 2024/5/19
Replies: 4
Views: 89

Re: WL SUN 2024/5/19

Beautiful set of spots Peter, they all seem to be in the south at the moment.
:bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Disks and Animations on 5/19/2024
Replies: 4
Views: 63

Re: Disks and Animations on 5/19/2024

Oh my!!!! :bow :hamster: :bow

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Disks and Animations on 5/19/2024
Replies: 5
Views: 133

Re: Disks and Animations on 5/19/2024

Oh my!!!! :bow :hamster: :bow

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: May 19th FD Ha & WL plus animation
Replies: 4
Views: 125

Re: May 19th FD Ha & WL plus animation

Wow!! absolutely gorgeous!! I really enjoyed those proms as well :bow :hamster: :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sun in Whitelight 19th May 2024.
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Re: Sun in Whitelight 19th May 2024.

These look lovely Steve :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: KSO 5-19-24
Replies: 4
Views: 135

Re: KSO 5-19-24

Thanks James, a super sunny Sunday for me, I really enjoyed all the proms. I hope your weather improves ;)

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: KSO Saturday. May 18 2024. SUNoculars!
Replies: 5
Views: 175

Re: KSO Saturday. May 18 2024. SUNoculars!

Thanks for the update James :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 20, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Today's SUN (20240519) | PROMS PROMS PROMS
Replies: 12
Views: 232

Re: Today's SUN (20240519) | PROMS PROMS PROMS

Amazing proms Pedro :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Sun May 19, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saturday Sun 18th May 2024
Replies: 13
Views: 310

Re: Saturday Sun 18th May 2024

These are beauties Stuart :bow :hamster: we had cloud all day so we went out for the day to Wales, cloudy there too ;)

Alexandra
by Montana
Sun May 19, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Help with 2.5x Powermate
Replies: 35
Views: 6738

Re: Help with 2.5x Powermate

I did solve the problem, you have to sit the camera at least 4cm away from the Powermate. I used a 4cm extension tube.

Alexandra
by Montana
Fri May 17, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: Some regretable gripes (May 15, 2024)
Replies: 8
Views: 327

Re: Some regretable gripes (May 15, 2024)

I feel your pain Lou, I owned a SolarSpectrum since 2021, I used it 6 times in 2021. In 2022 it didn't work at all after the winter break. I spent 6 months sending images about and thinking it was the TZ4 until finally in the autumn I realised it was the SS. It then took till Jan 2023 for the Vendor...
by Montana
Fri May 17, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Sol'ex images - 2024 May 11
Replies: 2
Views: 126

Re: Sol'ex images - 2024 May 11

ooh!! these are getting good Michael :bow :hamster: :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Fri May 17, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: G5 vs recent G2 Geomagnetic Storms
Replies: 1
Views: 67

Re: G5 vs recent G2 Geomagnetic Storms

That's a big difference between the two. Looks like I went to bed just at the start of the G5 ;) We thought it was waning :lol:

Alexandra
by Montana
Fri May 17, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: Red Sky at Night....
Replies: 3
Views: 117

Re: Red Sky at Night....

Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight :hamster: This is phenomenal Stuart :hamster: :hamster: :hamster: Everyone at work was saying they heard on the news people in London saw the aurora last night again. I looked at Lancaster and it was green all night, maybe folks are getting too keen and saw a red...
by Montana
Fri May 17, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
Topic: Pinhole camera
Replies: 8
Views: 183

Re: Pinhole camera

That's a lovely little experiment, I had never thought of size and distance before. I took a sink strainer with me and just moved it about till I got focus :)

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saturday Sunshine 11th May
Replies: 20
Views: 492

Re: Saturday Sunshine 11th May

These are simply delightful Mark :bow :hamster: :bow
I managed a solar view on Sunday afternoon but the seeing was quite poor.

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: WL AR3664 from the 11th of May
Replies: 6
Views: 196

Re: WL AR3664 from the 11th of May

Wow!! that's a beauty! very well done :bow :hamster: :bow

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 12th May - HA & WL
Replies: 4
Views: 100

Re: 12th May - HA & WL

That's a lovely prom in the north, and great set of images :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Short animation of AR3664 in action 10th May 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 194

Re: Short animation of AR3664 in action 10th May 2024

This beast is unbelievable :bow :hamster: :movie

I wish I had had the chance to study it every day this past week, maybe I would have seen an X-class ;)

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saying goodbye to AR 3664 2-hr timelapse
Replies: 7
Views: 202

Re: Saying goodbye to AR 3664 2-hr timelapse

Superb post flare loops :bow :hamster: :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Prominences over AR3664
Replies: 7
Views: 236

Re: Prominences over AR3664

Oh My!!!!!!!!! :hamster: :bow :movie

How do you animate a surface and prom together?

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: AR3664 fires off parting X1.72 flare Up n Over Down Under
Replies: 8
Views: 98

Re: AR3664 fires off parting X1.72 flare Up n Over Down Under

Wow!! you are so lucky to see an X-class and get such a wonderful movie, I am very envious :bow :bow :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR3664 fires off parting X1.72 flare Up n Over Down Under
Replies: 11
Views: 265

Re: AR3664 fires off parting X1.72 flare Up n Over Down Under

Wow!! you are so lucky to see an X-class and get such a wonderful movie, I am very envious :bow :bow :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: G5 Geomagnetic Storm 10th-11th May 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 114

Re: G5 Geomagnetic Storm 10th-11th May 2024

Terrific graphs Stuart, I wish I had stayed up till 4am :)

:bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Most amazing night ever! 10/11th May 2024
Replies: 24
Views: 510

Re: Most amazing night ever! 10/11th May 2024

Thanks everyone for all the fantastic comments and shared memories. One thing I have encountered many times over the last few days is people asking me what I saw visually. So before I forget I tried to desaturate my images to show what I could see, then would point the camera at, then a 3 second exp...
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Aurora from the Netherlands - greatest for me ever!
Replies: 3
Views: 224

Re: Aurora from the Netherlands - greatest for me ever!

Terrific images and animation Andre, I almost recognise the curtains and flow from my memory now. It will live with me forever :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Our Sun - 10th May 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 97

Re: Our Sun - 10th May 2024

Beautiful images Hughsie :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Calcium Sun from today
Replies: 8
Views: 274

Re: Calcium Sun from today

Oh Wow!!!! superb :bow :hamster: :bow

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Solar images taken yesterday morning 2024.05.12
Replies: 2
Views: 125

Re: Solar images taken yesterday morning 2024.05.12

Incredible views of the monster :bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Active Chromosphere on 05.13.2024
Replies: 2
Views: 127

Re: Active Chromosphere on 05.13.2024

Beautiful post flare loops :bow :hamster: I caught some of those by accident on Sunday from that area too.

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR 3664 animation and the northern lights.
Replies: 9
Views: 240

Re: AR 3664 animation and the northern lights.

Wow!! the monster causing the monster storm :bow :bow :movie

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Aurora shots and animations
Replies: 10
Views: 238

Re: Aurora shots and animations

Incredible!!! :movie :bow

I found even with my fisheye I couldn't fit it all in :)

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 10:58 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Another Aurora - All Sky Cam recording from North Essex, UK.
Replies: 7
Views: 187

Re: Another Aurora - All Sky Cam recording from North Essex, UK.

That's a beautiful video, what a souvenir :movie :bow

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: May 2024 Solarchat Zoom meeting
Replies: 5
Views: 216

Re: May 2024 Solarchat Zoom meeting

Stuart, many thanks for doing this, I really enjoyed it. I have never really understood the camera pixel, over and under sampling lark before and it made it much clearer.

Do you have a link to the calculator tools that you could add to this thread?
Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: May 11th Aurora
Replies: 12
Views: 254

Re: May 11th Aurora

These are stunning!!

I was thinking if we had the boat then the reflections in the water would have been amazing.

Alexandra
by Montana
Tue May 14, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: Aurora in Mexico...
Replies: 6
Views: 150

Re: Aurora in Mexico...

That would be fine by me Rainer :)

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 13, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: May 11th Aurora
Replies: 12
Views: 254

Re: May 11th Aurora

Brian, these are beautiful!!! you got so much structure. We got colour but not so much structure. What settings did you use on the camera?

:bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 13, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: Aurora in Mexico...
Replies: 6
Views: 150

Re: Aurora in Mexico...

Wow!!! the red really did seem to go the furthest south :bow :hamster:

What was the Carrington event like?? I think there were reports you could see the aurora during the day and the night was so bright you could read the newspaper. Let's hope for one like that soon :shock:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 13, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: May 10th Aurora from Edinburgh
Replies: 4
Views: 106

Re: May 10th Aurora from Edinburgh

Fabulous!!! I couldn't believe the colours that were just popping out of the camera, they were unreal. I certainly couldn't see the colours, just greys and faint reds and movement. Then a quick snap and pop, wow!!!

:bow :hamster:

Alexandra
by Montana
Mon May 13, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: earth has some unique advantages
Replies: 2
Views: 71

Re: earth has some unique advantages

Lovely photos, my goodness look at that blue sky, so clear and dark. I don't think we ever get it like that here :hamster: nice view too!

Alexandra