Blank Sun! 6th February

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Blank Sun! 6th February

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The sky finally cleared just after 3 this afternoon having sat under the grey skies of an inversion for much of the day. I was out playing again rather than after serious observation and was testing my Lunt 50 etalon on the ED80 which gives a f12 setup, putting the APM 1.6x telecentric on the back and a 'naked' quark gives f19 going through the quark etalon. With this quasi double stack setup the double limb is hard to see visually and starting to disappear when imaging. Despite the first clear skies for a good couple of weeks the sun was not playing ball, and other than a few very small patches of filament the only thing of note was the proms, and these were far from spectacular! Still, just nice to get out, the sun is getting ever higher and now I have a good 4 hour window from around 11.30 to 3.30 I can observe in. Better times ahead!

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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Hi Mark...

Nice to see you caught some sunlight after all!!!

I had just commented on your post that anytime can happen, so ironic that I caught your current pic as the pic of the day. Congrats!!!

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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Congrats Mark! I got a quick cloud ridden view today. Not much going on.


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Good to hear that you at least got a little bit of a clear patch, Mark.


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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Beautiful FD, Mark. Congratulations on SPoD.

Just rain, rain and more rain here today.

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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Nice catch Mark, even if it was a flat Sun .

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Hi Mark,

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As said by others Mark well done on SPOD and there is action shown in your S.E.Prom's excellent image. That is an area of interest within the next 24-hours or so (Monday) and latest SDO image about to be sent etc.,

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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Thanks everyone and thanks for the SPoD, here's the monochrome version:

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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Very good SPOD, Mark, nicely done !

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Thanks Franco!


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Re: Blank Sun! 6th February

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Very nice SPOD Mark


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Well deserved SPOD, Mark!


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Awful weather for days ☹️glad you got some data.


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Thanks everyone!


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Great disc Mark, I always prefer the monochrome version but the orange one is fine too.


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Good work Mark and congrats on the SPOD!

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