With a quick break in the clouds this morning, I managed to capture a few prominence shots.
I placed a black cloth over the telescope and my head. There was a marked improvement in prominence contrast.
Sat in the garden with a black sheet over my head, on a windy dull day...
I wonder what the neighbours thought!
Rained heavily this morning, but around 2.30pm the clouds parted, and out came the Sun.
Old Sol wasn't the only object to be seen.. Helen noticed that the large prominence on view looked like the Eiffel Tower!
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| Eiffel Tower Prominence |
Clouded out for most of the day, though did manage to capture a quick image.
Orion 90mm Maksutov - White light filter - Afocal Samsung S6.
Tried a bit of copy and paste with the supplied Android app. Here is the rough result.
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| Active Region 2936 |
Still cold out there today, but really glad to see the days are now noticeably longer.
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I've just had a go at cleaning up the above picture with IrfanView software.
I'll let you decide which is better.
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| Irfan View software |
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| Android phone App |
A quick Sol image, before the clouds moved in. Sparrows chirping in the hedgerow, fairly mild weather, with the odd gust. Much c...
