05/01/24 Sun in Ca-K

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Hey everyone, hope you and yours are good :D

Another fun day. One of the things I like about my job is the earlier I get out, the earlier I'm done. I don't "have" to be anywhere at a certain time. I'm up at 4:30AM, on the road between 5:30 and 6, and am rarely home after 2ish PM. What do I do? Deliver pet food/meds/services in mostly northern Ontario, except for today where I'm south in Hamilton (aka hammertown).
I know my client base and I've made it work really well, both for myself and them.

This gives me possible time to get in some Sol. You know you're a Solarhead when you can arrange your day to possibly get this in, of course all depending on the weather...

I left to some serious fog this morning. It cleared up through the morning, and I had clear skies when I got in at 2, but the Sun was behind my tree. At 3:30 I set up, and then the clouds rolled in, of course. You roll the dice...

I've learned patience. So has the cat. She knows when I'm setting up and always comes out to supervise lol! She will leave me alone if I'm busy with this, but if I go get a beer because I have to wait, it's lap and petting time. And yes, that's the same furball I'm holding in my avatar.
My hair is so short in that, two years ago :lol:

Finally at a bit after 4PM, I caught a break between two cloud banks. I took three sets of 2000 frames and that was it for the clear sky.
Even Sasha the cat looked depressed...

Still, the second set had a really good quality graph in AS3, so I stacked 10, 50, and 200 frames. The 10 frame stack worked out the best.

AR3654 is almost off the edge to the right. There is also a new AR coming around the left; I'll bet money it'll be labelled 3664.

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I ran the stacked TIFF through LuSol. The first image is the right side, showing AR3654. The second is the left side with which might be AR3664.

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And that's it for me. Clouds for tonight and into tomorrow. This is one of the reasons I do Solar; I have better luck with it. As well, the Sun is ever changing!

Alrighty, time for another beer and a BBQ; cheers and have a good night/day all!
Mark

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Sounds a busy work life with alot of power poles going by...

Alot to see no doubt and its cool you cant fit it all in and get some Sun, the images are nice indeed.

Rain here again tomorrow...
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nice set , thx Mark .
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Nice catch Mark , well worth the wait !
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Nice images Mark. And you were right, that AR rotating into view has now been designated 3664. And it appears to be growing too!
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