Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
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Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Hey all,
It's been a hot minute that I've seen the sky after these past two tropical storms here in Florida. Gonna be a nasty hurricane season I wager. By chance, I went out this afternoon between clouds and showers and was able to take a look at the filaprom near the southern limb. I completely missed out on the last sunspot in the AR that rounded the limb due to weather... that's over 12 days that I've not seen anything. Horrible weather. Anyhow, seeing was not great, this is the worst time of day for me. I measured seeing and it indeed was bad. But, lucky imaging prevails and I was able to at least use the 120mm and got some lucky frames of the filaprom.
Earth Scale:
Full Discs:
Seeing Conditions (bad!):
Equipment:
120mm F12 Frac -> Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (internal D-ERF) -> PST Etalon -> 10mm BF -> 290MM Camera (HA)
ED80 with Solarmax 60 Etalon -> 10mm BF -> IMX174 Camera (HA)
Very best,
It's been a hot minute that I've seen the sky after these past two tropical storms here in Florida. Gonna be a nasty hurricane season I wager. By chance, I went out this afternoon between clouds and showers and was able to take a look at the filaprom near the southern limb. I completely missed out on the last sunspot in the AR that rounded the limb due to weather... that's over 12 days that I've not seen anything. Horrible weather. Anyhow, seeing was not great, this is the worst time of day for me. I measured seeing and it indeed was bad. But, lucky imaging prevails and I was able to at least use the 120mm and got some lucky frames of the filaprom.
Earth Scale:
Full Discs:
Seeing Conditions (bad!):
Equipment:
120mm F12 Frac -> Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (internal D-ERF) -> PST Etalon -> 10mm BF -> 290MM Camera (HA)
ED80 with Solarmax 60 Etalon -> 10mm BF -> IMX174 Camera (HA)
Very best,
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Excellent images
regards Rainer
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Marty, love the filaprom image, super nice. Glad you finally saw some sunshine.
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Hi Marty,
Great shot of the filaprom. I see you had good company. Who is that looking through the ED80? How was her experience?
Alfred
Great shot of the filaprom. I see you had good company. Who is that looking through the ED80? How was her experience?
Alfred
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Really nice set of images Marty, glad you've got some sun!
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Hi Marty,
That is a fabulous filaprom image showing such detail over the surface.
Very well done in-between the bad-weather.
MORE CLEAR SKIES for you
Terry
That is a fabulous filaprom image showing such detail over the surface.
Very well done in-between the bad-weather.
MORE CLEAR SKIES for you
Terry
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Thanks all
The weather has been miserable, a very hot and humid summer this year. Back to back tropical storms with two hurricane warnings already and it's not even really hot yet. I may not see much this summer. I was super disappointed to miss that last sunspot for the entire 12 day transit due to weather. Ahh well. Back to a void disc just like that!
Very best,
The weather has been miserable, a very hot and humid summer this year. Back to back tropical storms with two hurricane warnings already and it's not even really hot yet. I may not see much this summer. I was super disappointed to miss that last sunspot for the entire 12 day transit due to weather. Ahh well. Back to a void disc just like that!
My daughter, she's turning 7 this year. She visits me in the observatory to take a look. I make sure we have visual and imaging sessions. She's been doing solar for a few years now herself (started around 4 or so?). My son is turning 1, so not quite ready for this. They will be thoroughly ruined for sure.
Very best,
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
These are excellent solar images Marty
Nice to see your daughter is following the sun too!
Brian
Nice to see your daughter is following the sun too!
Brian
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Martin,
Excellent images, even if the seeing was not so good they turned out very well. It is so nice to see your daughter getting involved in solar with you. I hope she keeps the interest as she gets older. There are so many distractions for young people these days and some of it seems so shallow to me. She is so cute! She reminds me a lot of my daughter when she was that age.
The best kind of astronomical outreach involves children. They are the future. You are passing it on to your children. Congrats!
James
P.S. May your weather improve! I have missed seeing your awesome work.
Excellent images, even if the seeing was not so good they turned out very well. It is so nice to see your daughter getting involved in solar with you. I hope she keeps the interest as she gets older. There are so many distractions for young people these days and some of it seems so shallow to me. She is so cute! She reminds me a lot of my daughter when she was that age.
The best kind of astronomical outreach involves children. They are the future. You are passing it on to your children. Congrats!
James
P.S. May your weather improve! I have missed seeing your awesome work.
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
What a terrific filaprom Marty and your daughter is the luckiest lady alive
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Awesome filaprom images, Marty....especially considering how you wrestled them out of the muck!
Well deserved SPOD.
Cheers.
Peter
Well deserved SPOD.
Cheers.
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Re: Filaprom & Disc | HA | June 16th 2020
Marty:
Super shots and a beautiful little observer.
Best regards,
Eric.
Super shots and a beautiful little observer.
Best regards,
Eric.