Well, it was supposed to be a Solar Sunday but in true Cheshire style it rained all weekend from Friday night to Monday morning
However, we all had great fun meeting Brian (Mapleridge) and his wife yesterday all the way from sunny Canada to be in wet soggy England. Stuart and Mark also joined us for a day Solarchatting. This forum is great for bringing us all together.
(Stuart, Brian, Mark, me)
and we even got got drunk on the Maple syrup
It is actually sunny at the moment (a miracle), so I am running out with the telescope now!!!!!
Alexandra
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Re: Solar Sunday
Hi all...
We had a great visit with Alexandra and Darren over the weekend, and a nice change to get acquainted with Mark and Fiona and Stuart and Julia on Sunday. As Alexandra says the weather was wet, but it didn't hurt the get together. Ironically, Monday morning started off with brilliant blue skies and sunshine.
I brought samples of 'Liquid Sunshine'...Maple Syrup for everyone as well. I sounds like it is a popular treat over here Now I have shed some weight in the suitcases and can take more scotch back home with me
As Alexandra said this forum provided a great network for our solar work, but it has a great group of people and it is always nice to meet in person.
Take care everyone,
Brian
We had a great visit with Alexandra and Darren over the weekend, and a nice change to get acquainted with Mark and Fiona and Stuart and Julia on Sunday. As Alexandra says the weather was wet, but it didn't hurt the get together. Ironically, Monday morning started off with brilliant blue skies and sunshine.
I brought samples of 'Liquid Sunshine'...Maple Syrup for everyone as well. I sounds like it is a popular treat over here Now I have shed some weight in the suitcases and can take more scotch back home with me
As Alexandra said this forum provided a great network for our solar work, but it has a great group of people and it is always nice to meet in person.
Take care everyone,
Brian
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Cambray, ON Canada
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10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
Maple Ridge Observatory
Cambray, ON Canada
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
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Re: Solar Sunday
I'm happy too, thanks to Brian I have the day off work and it was sunny for 20 minutes to try out my new/replaced/repaired Lunt Cak module.
WOWWWW!!!!! amazing!!!! don't think you have bad seeing for 5 years, get it repaired. I knew as soon as I put it on the TEC140 it was a different beast. Seeing is probably rubbish but at 5x the contrast was brilliant and focus was easy peasy. 5Years wasted!!!!! This is my best ever CaK image taken in 5 minutes flat, hardly any processing. I am sure I can do better thanks Brian for the day off.
Sun_080534_29_07_2019 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
Sun_080534_29_07_2019 f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
Please click and zoom in.
On bad note the Grasshopper 3 doesn't work anymore Flycapture doesn't recognise the chip but it does recognise the camera. Any ideas how to solve it? I have only used it once. The hubby did plug it into his Apple computer a week ago and it spat it out, I hope Apple hasn't reprogrammed it
Alexandra
WOWWWW!!!!! amazing!!!! don't think you have bad seeing for 5 years, get it repaired. I knew as soon as I put it on the TEC140 it was a different beast. Seeing is probably rubbish but at 5x the contrast was brilliant and focus was easy peasy. 5Years wasted!!!!! This is my best ever CaK image taken in 5 minutes flat, hardly any processing. I am sure I can do better thanks Brian for the day off.
Sun_080534_29_07_2019 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
Sun_080534_29_07_2019 f colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr
Please click and zoom in.
On bad note the Grasshopper 3 doesn't work anymore Flycapture doesn't recognise the chip but it does recognise the camera. Any ideas how to solve it? I have only used it once. The hubby did plug it into his Apple computer a week ago and it spat it out, I hope Apple hasn't reprogrammed it
Alexandra
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Great photos, sounds like you guys had a blast ! At NEAF Brian told me he was going to visit the UK. Always nice to meet in person after knowing each other online. Great images, Alexandra, nice to hear that all is working well now... (except the GH3 )
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Great to see everyone yesterday! Lots of fun
That CaK shot is a killer Alexandra, glad things are working there. I was imaging the same area as you earlier too, however at smaller image scale and lower resolution, just going through some processing now.
That grasshopper is badly behaved; not sure what to suggest other than check the drivers are updated on your lappy, try a restart, usual stuff really.
That CaK shot is a killer Alexandra, glad things are working there. I was imaging the same area as you earlier too, however at smaller image scale and lower resolution, just going through some processing now.
That grasshopper is badly behaved; not sure what to suggest other than check the drivers are updated on your lappy, try a restart, usual stuff really.
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