The Sun - 16th June 2020

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The Sun - 16th June 2020

Post by David_The_Bears_Fan »

Cloudy when I got up this morning but after a quick catch up on forum activity and a look at Sat24 I could see there was a big gap headed my way just after 8am. The main body of AR12765 has moved over the horizon now but there is / was still some faculae showing this morning in white light and a small plage area in Ca-K. There is also some more faculae on the oncoming limb and a whole heap of proms on show in Ca-K again.

As a side note I usually shoot my white lights using the Lacerta wedge with my Continuum and UV/IR cut filters stacked on top of the built in ND3 filter (camera side of the wedge). Today (after reading other threads here) I put my 2" UV/IR Cut filter at the front end of the wedge and just had the continuum mounted on the camera side. No idea if this has had any impact on my images, certainly no obvious detrimental affects that I can identify and the filter survived the test unscathed! I've ordered a separate 35nm Ha filter with the Quark so the UV/IR can just stay attached to the Lacerta wedge. Is this just a preference or is there some theory about which way is best?

Anyway, back to the images, here's the full disks, 6 pane Ca-K disk shot in the usual way (and done properly by yours truly today ;) )and a white light FD shot with the Bresser.
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Close ups of what remains of the AR, the faculae on the other limb and some granulation
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Lots of proms on show in Ca-K again
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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Great images


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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Thanks David and good to see the last of the AR capture.

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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

Post by Carbon60 »

Looking good there, Dave. A fine set of images in CaK and WL. Excellent granulation shots.

Congratulations on SPOD.

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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Cool granulation shots, well done all around.


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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Very nice results David! I personally always go for the UV IR ahead of the wedge, and the continuum after,


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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Thanks all :bow2
Carbon60 wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:41 pm
Congratulations on SPOD.

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That was a pleasant surprise :seesaw :beanie: :seesaw


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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Hi David,

Good shot of the last bits of the departed AR. I am glad to have some shots of the AR on 15 June. It is raining again this morning.

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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Great shots David!!!

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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Very nice work David. I hate to see the AR go.


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Looking good, David.


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Re: The Sun - 16th June 2020

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Fabulous images again David, perfection in every way :bow :hamster:

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