Lots going on! Very nice!

Thanks James, just a stacking artifact i'm afraid, nothing exciting. I wanted to capture, process and get these images up quick, so they've had the rough and ready treatment.

That looks great Maurits, well done. Nice to see you back.

That looks great Maurits, well done. Nice to see you back.

You caught the new activity well Stephane!

Very good cinema!

The skies cleared here late this afternoon, and when to my surprise I looked on the AIA imagery I saw a couple of active regions had formed. I raced home from work to try and catch the last rays of the sun. I did, but the sun was so low and dim I had to use 2x2 binning to even be able to expose. Sti...

It's finding that winning combination Marty, just takes time!

krakatoa1883 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:30 pm

Never used the 0.7 Baader Telecompressor, does it have a T2 thread for connection ?

It has a SCT thread either end but just use a t2 step down.

Good stuff! This is exactly what I with a 60mm/f6 technosky, 50mm lunt etalon, Quark, Baader 0.7x solar telecompressor - here's sundays disk

Ha-FD-DS50-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Welcome back! Nice shots

For the 3rd day in a row (must be a record!) the day dawned sunny and clear, and I was keen to observe. Starting at around 9am with the 120mm scope at f28 for Ha, and again found myself fighting the seeing which was deteriorating by the minute. First off our departing active region and a bit of aggr...

Very impressive images Alexandra! I always have to remember how everything works in the situation too. Good to hear the blocker is back at the menders, let us know how it gets on.

Make hay while the sun shines

Very nice disks Jochen!

Very nice images Stephane! I don't know if you're aware but you can't view them in the forum - have to right click and open in a new tab. This is because Astrosurf is a non secure web host - http not https.

Looking good there Rainer!

That's a great looking Ha disk Robert!

Good looking disks Stu. Just fog and low cloud for me today.

Interesting results Pedro! Sometimes it's just about finding that right combo.

Montana wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:43 pm

soon you will be getting a dome to cover it

Not where I live sadly, a dome would draw the wrong type of attention. I have a green waterproof cover that looks like it's a covered rotary washing line, much less eyecatching to your average ruffian...

Montana wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:48 pm

Can I ask where you get the information about seeing on Metroblue? I have looked several times and all I get is a weather forecast, am I missing something?

My graphic shows below... I'm not sure I rate what they say for my location...

Hi Marty, My mindset went this way a few years ago, yes, use the larger etalons to increase the sweet spot, the problem you will have is finding commercially available collimating lenses, hence JAPP producing his own 80/-800 lens. I went the route of using my good Lunt50mm etalon on a 60mm/f6 frac w...

Sounds like you had a fun day!

Alto wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:14 am

Would you get an old land rover past that greenhouse?

Not if it was dark and you needed to use the headlights