New Image: May 1st, 2024 Solar Disk in Ha and White-Light

[AstroBee]

My usual setup,
Lunt 80mm Double-Stacked Ha scope with the 1600mm for the Ha and my Explore Scientific ED152 CF APO with a Baader solar film and Baader Solar Continuum filter shooting with the 2600mm for white-light.
The two images were taken about 5 minutes apart.

[StarHugger]

Nice discs and filaproms Greg, and some new activity shown coming round too...

[AstroBee]

Indeed there is a new active region rotating into view on the south-eastern limb. I wonder if it will grow to be as large as AR3654?

[messier 111]

very nice disc , thx Greg .

[Solsearcher]

Well done Greg , excellent images as always !!

[StarHugger]

Indeed there is a new active region rotating into view on the south-eastern limb. I wonder if it will grow to be as large as AR3654?

A good chance as the southern hemisphere seems dominant as of late, with the recent 9.5m class flare loops might be imaged off that lower right quad too,

Exciting times...

[messier 111]

Hi Greg,
I thought I'd ask you a question about the lunt ls80mt that I have.
The dovetail that comes with it is only about 4 inches long.
I saw that lunt as a 12 inches, but the holes do not reach the same place to attach the scope.
The 4 inch dovetails is really too small to properly swing the scope on my eqr6 pro mount.
I was wondering what you use.
thx Greg.

[Ylem]

That's awesome Greg!

[AstroBee]

Hi Greg,
I thought I'd ask you a question about the lunt ls80mt that I have.
The dovetail that comes with it is only about 4 inches long.
I saw that lunt as a 12 inches, but the holes do not reach the same place to attach the scope.
The 4 inch dovetails is really too small to properly swing the scope on my eqr6 pro mount.
I was wondering what you use.
thx Greg.

Mine is the the 4" dovetail too but i have the double stacked model with two pressure tuners so it seems to balance well.
I know there are aftermarket companies like ADM that make longer bars with slots instead of holes that will allow you to slide the mounting position a bit. Look for something like this. https://www.admaccessories.com/product/ ... r-11-long/

[messier 111]

Hi Greg,
I thought I'd ask you a question about the lunt ls80mt that I have.
The dovetail that comes with it is only about 4 inches long.
I saw that lunt as a 12 inches, but the holes do not reach the same place to attach the scope.
The 4 inch dovetails is really too small to properly swing the scope on my eqr6 pro mount.
I was wondering what you use.
thx Greg.

Mine is the the 4" dovetail too but i have the double stacked model with two pressure tuners so it seems to balance well.
I know there are aftermarket companies like ADM that make longer bars with slots instead of holes that will allow you to slide the mounting position a bit. Look for something like this. https://www.admaccessories.com/product/ ... r-11-long/

thx Greg

[Bigzmey]

Nice captures Greg!

[Thefatkitty]

Great images as always Greg, certainly a lot going on! I like the way you use the same colour scheme for both HA and WL, makes for a good comparison.

All the best,

[Gordon]

Great images as always Greg!

I need the wind to die down a bit and a few of these pesky clouds to float away!