CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
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CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Hi All,
Up nice and early this morning for some CaK views of our star. First off the full disk with the ED60 stopped down to 40mm with a 2x cemax barlow, homebrew CaK filter and the FLIR GH3 ICX814 camera:
CaK-Full-disk-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-Full-disk-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Next same scope with a 2.5x barlow and the PGR Chameleon 3 camera to close in a bit on the departing active region:
CaK-Closeup-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-Closeup-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
May have a go in Ha for some proms later on, but at the moment just sat enjoying a beer in the sunshine...
Have a good weekend everyone.
Mark
Up nice and early this morning for some CaK views of our star. First off the full disk with the ED60 stopped down to 40mm with a 2x cemax barlow, homebrew CaK filter and the FLIR GH3 ICX814 camera:
CaK-Full-disk-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-Full-disk-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Next same scope with a 2.5x barlow and the PGR Chameleon 3 camera to close in a bit on the departing active region:
CaK-Closeup-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-Closeup-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
May have a go in Ha for some proms later on, but at the moment just sat enjoying a beer in the sunshine...
Have a good weekend everyone.
Mark
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Nice sharp CaK images Mark
Brian
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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
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Good catch Mark
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Thanks guys! sunshine aplenty here again. Going to see what's happening today (not much!) in a bit.
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Sounds like the the weekend I am having, sat in the Sun with wine though (not beer). Fabulous images Mark and I am glad you took that travel scope although I am thinking you should have taken the HaT
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Thanks Alexandra! I'm glad I took some scopeage with me, at one point I wasn't going to. We're going to be away for 10 days, so we've both got a case each which left limited space. I wish I could have taken the HaT but that would have meant the EQ6 and all associated appendages coming with us and just not the space. The Skywatcher AZ GTi is a surprisingly good portable mount for the size - I feel an upgrade to the stock tripod, a new decent saddle plate and a counterweight and I should be able to get my 80mm and 100mm scopes on it.
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Hi Mark,
Great images. For me CaK was always a bit boring but seeing this images is changing my mind :-)
saludos Rainer
Great images. For me CaK was always a bit boring but seeing this images is changing my mind :-)
saludos Rainer
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Very nice images, Mark. You’ve had a productive few days with your travelling kit.
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Hi All,
Is it just me ? I am finding no urge to setup and image and process solar images !! The weather does not help (lots of wind, rain and cloud !!), and i suppose it is work intervenes and reduces my spare time. I think I am be getting depressed. Do you imagers need a long break from imaging sometimes to get your motivation and drive to image the sun ??
Thanks all.
Magnus
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
Boso36 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:54 amHi All,
Is it just me ? I am finding no urge to setup and image and process solar images !! The weather does not help (lots of wind, rain and cloud !!), and i suppose it is work intervenes and reduces my spare time. I think I am be getting depressed. Do you imagers need a long break from imaging sometimes to get your motivation and drive to image the sun ??
Thanks all.
Magnus
Yes, a break is good but the length depends of the imager ...
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Re: CaK Sun - Saturday 20th April
I know how you feel, I have also been a bit depressed recently with health issues, it really is distracting and difficult to get motivated when you feel uncomfortable. Sometimes a break does work wonders, only for a week or two though I still have 3 days worth of imaging to look through. I tend to come back to them in the winter as any spare moment in the summer usually goes into doing the gardening (a big distraction). I think it would be better if I had an observatory and it didn't take 30 minutes to set up and pack away
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Hi all...
Regarding the break from imaging...for me time at the scope is my break from work and home demands Even if customers call while I'm at the scope it doesn't seem to bog me down. If I 'm at work there are too many phones, walk ins, staff needing direction and trying to cover multiple jobs all at the same time Getting out and scouting fields does provide a bit of a break too, but I far prefer to be at the scope
I hope everyone has a means to get some inner peace when needed!
Brian
Regarding the break from imaging...for me time at the scope is my break from work and home demands Even if customers call while I'm at the scope it doesn't seem to bog me down. If I 'm at work there are too many phones, walk ins, staff needing direction and trying to cover multiple jobs all at the same time Getting out and scouting fields does provide a bit of a break too, but I far prefer to be at the scope
I hope everyone has a means to get some inner peace when needed!
Brian
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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
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