Recent Images - Solar December 2007

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Solar imaging in the rain Date: 14th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M Solar imaging in Barbados is not all one would expect. I am hanging onto the brolly keeping the rain off the scope and Ian's EQ6 and he thinks its funny.

AR 0978 Having a funny turn Date: 9th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M The Ha image shows a bright flare on the sunspot group 0978

A good seeing Ha image of AR 0978 Date: 8th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M Here we see the spectacular chromosphere over spot group Ar 0978

SpotsAR0979 going off the limb Date: 8th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M Another Ha - white light comparison, this time of AR 0979

Ha to white light comparison Date: 6th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M this Image shows how different a spot group looks in white light and in the line of Hydrogen Alpha

AR 0978 Spot group in Ha Date: 6th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M this group proved to be very entertaining

Movement of spot group 0978 across the solar disc Date: 6th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M This spot group arrival was a real blessing. it gives plenty of Ha interest too. These are whit light images of course.

AR 0977 spot group Date: 4th December 2007 12:57ut Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M this spot group produced some fine chromospheric patterns

A triplet of proms Date: 4th December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M A lovely three humped prominence

Small Solar Flare Date: 2nd December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M I was very lucky, as the sun had been very quiet and I was begining to wonder if taking a solar set up was a waste of time, but day 1 produced a flare as well as nice proms.

Solar Prominence imaged in Barbados Date: 2nd December 2007 Telescope: 6inch f9Vixen Camera: Lumenera 075M A bevy of astromomers,i.e. myself, Damian Peach, Ian Sharp, Bruce Kingsley, and Leon de ste croix,visited Barbados in Dec 2007 primarily to image Mars, but I also did the Sun, using am Intes wedge and a Daystar .65A Ha filter modified by Mark Wagner.