Saturday, 5 March 2022

Sol image ~ 05/03/22


Here's a Sol white image from today's observing session. 

The afocal method seems fine for quick solar shots.

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Sol Ha light - 22/02/2022.



"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. 

We are a way for the universe to know itself."

 Carl Sagan.

Monday, 21 February 2022

Through the kitchen window.


Blue sky, scudding clouds and COLD outside.

A quick morning image of Sol.

Considering the photo was taken through the closed kitchen window I'm happy with the results.




Thursday, 17 February 2022

Hydrogen Alpha - 17/2/22.

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!

Sunday, 6 February 2022

Eiffel Tower on the Sun - 06/02/22

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!

Eiffel Tower Prominence




Sunday, 30 January 2022

White light Sol observation January 30th.

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.

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.

Irfan View software
Android phone App




Saturday, 29 January 2022

Solar Prominence: Saturday January 29th.

Not a very strong diplay this afternoon, the sky was blue from around 1.00 p.m.

At least I was able to capture this image. 



My "Coronograph filter" enabled a bit more contrast to be seen on the final picture.


Coronado PST 40mm/ f10 afocal 12.5mm Kellner and S6 camera phone.


Opera glass to the Moon

I didn't manage to sketch the recent Full Moon, but I had a go at the gibbous Moon, as seen with my opera glasses.  It was a cold night,...