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The Sun has been quite active of late, and last night's forecast of favorable skies drove me to get the SVX127/G11 out early in the day for solar observing with a follow-on evening session.
I'm not much into AP (and never will be) but I have access to an older digital camera and snapped a few images of the Sun. There are currently 5 sunspot groups, two of which are pretty robust. The image is attached.
For the evening session I planned to view selected objects in Corvus but also included some (mostly double stars) in Sextans. Corvus has some interesting doubles (Struves 1604, 1659, and 1669) two of which (1604 and 1659) present in the same low power FOV as M104 (the Sombrero galaxy). Those three objects made for an very interesting view!
Doubles in Sextans included: 9, 35, 40, 41 Sextans; STF 1441 and 1447; and Burnham 25.
Overall a great day observing!
Dave
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Hi Dave. A very nice solar image with the SVX127/G11 setup with lots of active regions. And I also enjoyed your evening session observing report of the doubles in Sextans. Thanks for sharing this wih us on here Dave and the best of wishes for many clear day/night skies.
Marshall
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Nice! I understand that the Sun has been quite "featureless" lately? Now things seem to be changing.
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Makuser wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:29 pm
Hi Dave. A very nice solar image with the SVX127/G11 setup with lots of active regions. And I also enjoyed your evening session observing report of the doubles in Sextans. Thanks for sharing this wih us on here Dave and the best of wishes for many clear day/night skies.
Thanks, Marshall! All in all it was a rather leisurely session with some interesting objects. After tonight I might not get an opportunity for awhile.
Bigzmey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm
Nice session and image Dave! Coincidently, I was also observing in Corvus, but galaxies.
Thanks, Andrey. This was the first opportunity I've had to check out my new Stellarvue 10x60 finderscope: https://www.stellarvue.com/1-stellarvue ... der-scope/. Great Stellarvue quality; a perfect fit for the SVX127D!
Dave
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Bigzmey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:41 pm
Nice session and image Dave! Coincidently, I was also observing in Corvus, but galaxies.
Thanks, Andrey. This was the first opportunity I've had to check out my new Stellarvue 10x60 finderscope: https://www.stellarvue.com/1-stellarvue ... der-scope/. Great Stellarvue quality; a perfect fit for the SVX127D!
Dave
Congrats Dave! I have SV 50mm finderscope and really like it.