New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
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New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
The skies cleared here late this afternoon, and when to my surprise I looked on the AIA imagery I saw a couple of active regions had formed. I raced home from work to try and catch the last rays of the sun. I did, but the sun was so low and dim I had to use 2x2 binning to even be able to expose. Still, glad to have caught it. Having the mount outside and ready really speeds things up, I think I will look at getting permanent 12v out there next...
Taken with the 40mm f10 2x cemax barlow.
CaK-FD-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-FD-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
More activity! Whoop whoop!
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Taken with the 40mm f10 2x cemax barlow.
CaK-FD-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
CaK-FD-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
More activity! Whoop whoop!
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Very nice CaK shots Mark! What's that just off the eastern limb?
I am clouded out again today but noticed the two spot groups on the SDO continuum image.
I am clouded out again today but noticed the two spot groups on the SDO continuum image.
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Thanks James, just a stacking artifact i'm afraid, nothing exciting. I wanted to capture, process and get these images up quick, so they've had the rough and ready treatment.
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Lovely capture Mark, yep two sunspot and plage area's, despite spots being small at the moment. I managed to image to but won't be processing until tomorrow. Well done Mark and thanks for sharing.
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Beautiful FD image Mark !
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Wow!! look at those bright intense regions cleared late this afternoon here too but sadly too busy ;(
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Great CaK disc, Mark. Carpe diem is the motto of any solar observer.
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I agree with that!!krakatoa1883 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:35 pm Great CaK disc, Mark. Carpe diem is the motto of any solar observer.
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Thanks for the kind comments everyone!
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
nice images mark very cloudy in NE Scotland today ds coming tomorrow but weather not good
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Re: New Sunspots! CaK Sun 2nd March
Great captures - and nice to see that there is something to observe again! I also took the CaK scope out, but I captured several panes for a mosaic and Autostakkert is still crunching SER-files. I hope your luck with the weather goes on!
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Thanks everyone, cloud and grey today, but looks like we still have spots there...
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