November 7th Session - Part 1

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November 7th Session - Part 1

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Good day everyone...

I am experiencing a relatively warm fall and this past Sunday was a nice day to be doing some solar observation/imaging without the need for winter coats :lol: In addition to sunny skies the seeing was relatively good too for most of the morning. I was hoping to do CaK images as well, but I lost time doing a last minute mount repair and skipped that part of the plan.

There was a lot of activity on the disk and limb both. The fist image is the full disk composite taken through the LS80T/LS75FHa/B1800Ha solar scope and captured with the ASI1600MM camera with a 1.6x barlow:
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After the full disk capture I set the Lunt Solar Wedge up on the Orion EON 130EF scope and a 4x barlow wit the ASI174MM camera top image the main areas of WL activity:
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The last part of the session used the pair of Lunt DSII etalons as a double stack mod to image the Ha activity in greater detail. The ASI290MM camera was used with a 1.3x barlow for the images below. First was a new region rotating onto the NE limb, which later was assigned number 2895:
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AR2891 was nearing the western limb and was accompanied by several filaments and proms:
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AR2893 was just north and west of the disk mid-point:
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The final AR was #2894 which was found on the SE quadrant:
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I have to finish off the prom captures and hope to add them to the post later today.

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Re: November 7th Session - Part 1

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Lovely set of images, Brian!

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Hi Brian, as usual another excellent set of captures from yourself.

Thanks vm for sharing
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Re: November 7th Session - Part 1

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Arne and Terry...

Thank you for your comments and feedback on the images...very much appreciated :bow

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Re: November 7th Session - Part 1

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Very nice Brian. I especially like your white light images.


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Re: November 7th Session - Part 1

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These are a really nice run of images Brian. I can't wait to be able to get out imaging again properly. With a low sun and what seems like weeks of non descript cool, grey, cloudy autumnal weather, solar has been in short supply for me apart from the virtual variety.


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Re: November 7th Session - Part 1

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A really nice set of images, Brian. It’s a pity you couldn’t manage any in CaK, but what you did capture in WL and Ha look superb.

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An excellent series of images, Brian. Great resolution and detail. Looking forward to the proms.

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Great images Brian, the detail is wonderful. Amazing seeing for a low elevation of the sun!


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Some beautiful details in here Brian, I really love the WL and the superb faculae :bow :hamster:

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My thanks to everyone for your comments and feedback on these images...always appreciated :bow

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Cambray, ON Canada

Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums

10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM

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Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
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