AR2860 returned today as AR2871
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AR2860 returned today as AR2871
Hi all, again... Second post here today, and my last day of vacation.
I've had clear days all week with no activity in white-light on the Sun since Monday, my first day off. Clear days and a bland disc. My nights? Not good; a lot of cloudy skies. Go figure. I was so looking forward to a week of Solar activity, not to mention night time....
So if you've suffered the same, blame me for my vacation
Ol' Sol knows I'm back at work tomorrow, and my weather forecast calls for rain most of the week. Yeah, you go throw me a tease...
After almost a week of inactivity for white-light, the Sun rotated around old AR2860, now renamed as AR2871, and there looks to be a new spot forthcoming:
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I started this post at 7PM, Sarah and I got to talking, and now it's just after 10. Tomorrow comes early; have a good night all
I've had clear days all week with no activity in white-light on the Sun since Monday, my first day off. Clear days and a bland disc. My nights? Not good; a lot of cloudy skies. Go figure. I was so looking forward to a week of Solar activity, not to mention night time....
So if you've suffered the same, blame me for my vacation
Ol' Sol knows I'm back at work tomorrow, and my weather forecast calls for rain most of the week. Yeah, you go throw me a tease...
After almost a week of inactivity for white-light, the Sun rotated around old AR2860, now renamed as AR2871, and there looks to be a new spot forthcoming:
Full size image here
Annotations are always good:
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I started this post at 7PM, Sarah and I got to talking, and now it's just after 10. Tomorrow comes early; have a good night all
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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You have a good night too my friend!
Sorry that your vacation didn’t have better skies or a more active sol.
No fosters recently because my time is somewhat occupied by a new grandson (first).
I’ll get back to it one day because it is great helping
pups. By the way, Jack says hi. Take care buddy!
Sorry that your vacation didn’t have better skies or a more active sol.
No fosters recently because my time is somewhat occupied by a new grandson (first).
I’ll get back to it one day because it is great helping
pups. By the way, Jack says hi. Take care buddy!
Jim
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Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
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Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
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still i hope you ad some good time , thx .
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See, there's the problem. I was on vacation too! I think we both collectively trashed the sky!
Nice white light images, Mark! Been way too windy here during the day for any solar effort on my part. Of course, I'm not really any good at it. I'd much rather enjoy yours.
Rain here tomorrow as well, but we can use some. Things are getting rather brown. But, 22° temps and the first day of autumn. Gotta love that.
Nice white light images, Mark! Been way too windy here during the day for any solar effort on my part. Of course, I'm not really any good at it. I'd much rather enjoy yours.
Rain here tomorrow as well, but we can use some. Things are getting rather brown. But, 22° temps and the first day of autumn. Gotta love that.
Bryan
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Juno16 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:44 am You have a good night too my friend!
Sorry that your vacation didn’t have better skies or a more active sol.
No fosters recently because my time is somewhat occupied by a new grandson (first).
I’ll get back to it one day because it is great helping
pups. By the way, Jack says hi. Take care buddy!
Thanks for the comments Jim; yeah, my vacation was all in my timing
A new grandson?! I'm so happy for you, congratulations!
Hi to Jack as well as to you and yours. New grandson, forthcoming pups.... Way to stay young!
All the best my friend,
Merci, and yes, some of it was good. I still have seven days left...
From Arkansas to Ontario, I think we did a really good job!bladekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:15 am See, there's the problem. I was on vacation too! I think we both collectively trashed the sky!
Nice white light images, Mark! Been way too windy here during the day for any solar effort on my part. Of course, I'm not really any good at it. I'd much rather enjoy yours.
Rain here tomorrow as well, but we can use some. Things are getting rather brown. But, 22° temps and the first day of autumn. Gotta love that.
Thanks for the compliments, and I could imagine the wind where you are! I don't have that open field effect.
Yeah, been a hot suumer here too, and now it's been cooler for a week. Autumn... It's nice to see Orion rising in my south-east sky when I head out at 5:30AM.
Nice to hear from you; all our best to you and yours
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
Member of the RASC
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
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Hi Mark. I am glad that you had a nice vacation although the skies weren't the best. Nothing but thunderstorms here for almost 2 weeks now. Forget the telescope and binoculars, I can't even enjoy a naked eye meteor shower or an ISS flyby. However, you came away with a nice solar image in white light. Enclosed is the latest solar map from Raben Systems:
Thanks for posting this capture Mark, and keep looking up.
Marshall
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Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Makuser wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:06 pm Hi Mark. I am glad that you had a nice vacation although the skies weren't the best. Nothing but thunderstorms here for almost 2 weeks now. Forget the telescope and binoculars, I can't even enjoy a naked eye meteor shower or an ISS flyby. However, you came away with a nice solar image in white light. Enclosed is the latest solar map from Raben Systems:
Thanks for posting this capture Mark, and keep looking up.
I saw that this morning; thanks for the link too, great site! Of course, my skies were clouds/rain all day, especially when I got home
Hope you get some clear skies soon, and all the best to you and Sheri from us here
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
Member of the RASC
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D.
Member of the RASC
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