Recent Images - Solar 2010 September
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The Imaging Desk
Date: 18th September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Flea3 1/4inch
This is the imaging set-up with a Firewire Flea3 camera, with the required 1394B express card adapter also available from the camera supplier, as is the PSU. The live feed is showing AR 11108 ready for capture. The Daystar has a SS digital heater controller. Shown is Firecapture, a free download. The remote glossy screens higher contrast make focusing easier then the laptop's screen.
The scopes
Date: current 1st March 2011
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Flea3 1/4inch
The AP130 Starfire f8 air-spaced triplet does a fine job with the two Ha filters. The Coro DS scope alongside is used for full disc visual and the wider field imaging, but is equally at home with higher res work. Having the two setups is very handy when just short spells of sunshine present themselves
AR 11108
Date: 25th September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Flea3 1/4inch
We saw it coming on and here we see it going off
Magnificent Coronal Loops
Date: 21st September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Skynyx 2.0
I don't often see these spooky loops, they don't stay long.
AR 11108
Date: 18th September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Skynyx 2.0
This was quite a beast
AR 11106
Date: 18th September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Skynyx 2.0
Here we see my favourite sun-scape, taken in rare good seeing
AR 11106
Date: 17th September 2010
Telescope: AP 130 f8 plus Coronado 90mm and Daystar ATM .65A
Camera: Skynyx 2.0
Here we see crazy fields around a rather small spot
Wide field shot of the NW limb
Date: 9th September 2010 08:53ut
Telescope: Coronado 90mm DS
Camera: Skynyx 2.0
This is the "on limb" where new stuff is rotating into view
AR 11101
Date: 3rd August 2010 09:31ut
Telescope: Coronado DS 90mm
Camera: Skynyx
Here we see a lot of activity about to disappear over the limb