Balloons in front of the Sun

this is the main message area for anything solar :)
Post Reply
User avatar
Filipp Romanov
Ohhhhhh My!
Ohhhhhh My!
Posts: 94
Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
Location: Russia
Been thanked: 83 times
Contact:

Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Filipp Romanov »

Hello all!

Several times, having previously prepared, I managed to capture the transit of the ISS. Once I tried to shoot the transit of a large artificial satellite, but the angular size was too small for visibility on the video. When shooting sunspots, I unplanned photographed and took videos of airplanes and birds in front of the Sun.

Very rarely, balloons were visible in front of the Sun: I am attaching my video which I took from Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia (with my camera Canon EOS 60D with 2x Barlow lens, 640x480 video mode; telescope: Sky-Watcher BK P2001 EQ5; filter from Baader AstroSolar visual film). Here you can see flying bunch of balloons on September 13, 2015 and single distant balloon on September 14, 2015.



On May 9, 2020, I took a photo of a close (therefore defocused) balloon in front of the Sun, during the transit of Mercury, with the same camera, through the same telescope, from Moscow. I am attaching this photo.
Attachments
Transit.jpg
Transit.jpg (152.85 KiB) Viewed 759 times


EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Hi Filipp, that's an interesting video and image - thanks
Luckily you've shown that they are not UFO's...

Terry


User avatar
grimble_cornet
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 3537
Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:10 pm
Location: UK West Midlands
Been thanked: 47 times

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by grimble_cornet »

Interesting captures. In the summer I get lots of helium balloons passing over and have captured several as they crossed the sun. The best one looked like a flying handbag but was actually a Beer Mug balloon!


ImageThe-flying-handbag-conundrum-338px by Mike Garbett, on Flickr


.

.



.


Mike Garbett

Selection of Solar and Deep Sky images on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegarbett/
User avatar
Montana
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 34563
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:25 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Has thanked: 17672 times
Been thanked: 8791 times

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Montana »

These are excellent fun to see, although not great for the environment in the long run :(

:bow
Alexandra


User avatar
Filipp Romanov
Ohhhhhh My!
Ohhhhhh My!
Posts: 94
Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
Location: Russia
Been thanked: 83 times
Contact:

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Filipp Romanov »

EGRAY-OBSERVATORY wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:16 pm that's an interesting video and image - thanks
grimble_cornet wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:45 pm Interesting captures.
Thanks for your comments!
Montana wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:56 pm not great for the environment in the long run :(
Unfortunately this is the case.


User avatar
Carbon60
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 14209
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:33 pm
Location: Lancashire, UK
Has thanked: 8418 times
Been thanked: 8162 times

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Carbon60 »

Nicely done, Filipp.

Stu.


H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
User avatar
Carbon60
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 14209
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:33 pm
Location: Lancashire, UK
Has thanked: 8418 times
Been thanked: 8162 times

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Carbon60 »

grimble_cornet wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:45 pm Interesting captures. In the summer I get lots of helium balloons passing over and have captured several as they crossed the sun. The best one looked like a flying handbag but was actually a Beer Mug balloon!
Hi Mike, I remember this from the time you originally posted it :)

Stu


H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
User avatar
marktownley
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 42272
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 pm
Location: Brierley Hills, UK
Has thanked: 20435 times
Been thanked: 10245 times
Contact:

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by marktownley »

A timely capture!


Image
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
Solar images, a collection of all the most up to date live solar data on the web, imaging & processing tutorials - please take a look!
User avatar
Filipp Romanov
Ohhhhhh My!
Ohhhhhh My!
Posts: 94
Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
Location: Russia
Been thanked: 83 times
Contact:

Re: Balloons in front of the Sun

Post by Filipp Romanov »

Carbon60 wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:46 am Nicely done, Filipp.
marktownley wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:23 pm A timely capture!
Thanks for your positive opinion about my work.


Post Reply