The Sun

The Sun AR3276-79-82 – 14 April 2023 – 08:10UT
This area was starting to flare-up – Still testing, so no good image!

The Sun – 11 April 2023 – 3 prominences ~10:28 UT
EQ6 – Pro (Old one) + AR90/900 + PST mod + QHY 174M mini – testing after fixing various problems… i.e. EQ cable re-soldering (!), USB3 Extension misbehaving, Tested setup after inserting a 25mm extension to the train. Next time will have to fix more!

Sunspot AR3272 – 11 April 2023 10:24UT
EQ6 Pro – AR90/900 +D-ERF + PST mod – QHY 174M mini
Part of the M1.3 flare class, missed huge one by a minute or so
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The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:24UT
Tested Altair 2” Solar Wedge on AR152 988mm – QHYCCD 174M mini
This is obviously NOT Calcium, just purple colourised to notice more whitish areas


Tested Altair 2” Solar Wedge on AR152 988mm – QHYCCD 174M mini
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The Sun 13 July 2022 – Huge Filament and friends! – 10:54UT – Re-processed to show more what is going on within the blackness of the filament…
AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M
AR90/900 DIY Solar Telescope + QHY 174M mini

The Sun 2811 2812 – 24 March 2021 ~12:43UT
SW 72ED Altair Solar Wedge first test QHY5III174M – Not good focus + wind and fast clouds – getting there.

The Sun 24 June 2020 – 09:34UT
AR90/900 PST mod x5 cheap Barlow QHY5III174M – Just a morning test, too hot and too busy with other house-jobs – no Flats!
The Sun 30 May 2020 – 13:22UT
AR90/900 DIY Solar Telescope + QHY 174M mini

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 13:06UT
1st day using 174M, this was a 960×600 ROI , to see what it was AR90/900 PST mod QHY5III174M
The Sun – Prominence video 14 May 2020 – 09:46UT

The Sun 14 May 2020 – 10:24UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

The Sun 14 May 2020 – 09:42UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

The Sun 06 May 2020 – 09:56UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

The Sun 06 May 2020 – 09:36UT AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 – 09:10UT 1st Acquisition of the day – not very good! AR90/900 PST modded Altair Hypercam 178M EQ6 – 1st type + ASCOM + CDC

The Sun – 04 Sep 2019 – 08:28UT Clouded up, by the time I managed to image it – my usual luck! AR90/900 + PST Etalon + D-ERF + SCT mod + Altair Hypercam 178M If you look for a bit, I believe it forms a large rightward spiral.

The Sun – 25 Aug 2019 – 14:42UT Tested AR90/900 with standard cheap x5 Barlow Just to see how much I could reach in magnification In this case it was Altair 178M – 2x Binning – 800×600 ROI I guess, if I find a stable atmosphere, I will get into focus better This was really a small area barely visible in full disc mode!

The Sun 25 August 2019 – 08:59UT AR90/900 – PST – SCT + AR102 focusers + D-ERF Altair 178M Binning x2 – 640×480 frame 0 testing
The Sun and Air-plane 24 Aug 2019How difficult to catch a whole plane over The Sun at 640×420 ROI !

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 09:00UT AR90/900 – PST/SCT mod PST/SCT mod temporarily holding on a Tuna Fish Tin & 10-15mm of Etalon Focus

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:58UT AR90/900 PST/SCT mod Altair 178M This was a tiny spot, cheap telescope optics managed to get it
The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:46UT Low Resolution of Video of below image

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:45UT AR90/900 + PST/SCT mod 1st TEST – cloudy and only 43 frames! This is 800×600 frame on a Altair 178M

The Sun 10 July 2019 – 14:47UT – AR152 masked to 100mm – PST mod test – no ERF – just a RED filter Green was edited by me – it looks better!

The Sun – 10 July 2019 – 13:41UT – setup Test This area was very small, possibly N-E or S-W not far from disc edge Testing: Explorer Scientific AR152 F/6.5 cut down to 100mm F/9.8 Altair Hypercam 178M 1/2 resolution 1520×1024 8bit – PST Etalon I am not there yet, possibly at 60% capability now and could not tune Etalon well… … also considering that day was very much cloudy/hazy at all times, I am happy I am getting there!
The Sun Prominence 26 June 2019 14:48UT
Short testing: AR152 – PST Mod 2.5!

The Sun – 09 June 2019 – 09:41UT Coronado PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M This is an extrapolation from a much larger image – almost full disc

The Sun – 29 May 2019 – 07:54UT PST SS – SCT Focuser – Altair Hypercam 178M Hazy and just before clouds came over !

The Sun 22 May 2019 – 11:27UT PST (Single Stack) with SCT 10:1 Focuser test Just notice the change of activity in just 30 minutes with previous image o r maybe it was just The Sun rotating.

The Sun 22 May 2019 – 11:23UT PST SCT mod – Altair Hypercam 178M This image, although is nothing special, came out of almost nothing. Prominence was very tiny with PST and from a small 320c240 ROI, then elaborated with several programs I managed to get something out.

The Sun 12741 – 15 May 2019 – 10:05UT PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M Area=1140×768 – Binning= 2×2

The Sun – A2741 – 15 May 2019 – 08:51UT Coronado PST SS – Altair Hypercam 178M Area=1520×1024 Binning=2×2

The Sun 12741 – 15 May 2019 – 07:18UT PST SS – Altair Hypercam 178M – this image is an extrapolation of below image

The Sun 13 Mar 2019 – 14:20UT 1st Solar Full Disc – Coronado PST Altair 178M – bad flats … still learning!

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 – 13:45UT This is 45m later and small bottom left prominence disappeared

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 – 13:00UT Had to do a lot of Pausing to try and reduce cloudy frames – PST + Altair 178M

The Sun 17 February 2019 – 11:59UT Coronado PST – Altair 178M – First attempt [just got PST] as there was a Long Filament I did not want to miss, at least observing it! This is my very first image!
The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91%
WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

Monochromatic Centre – The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91% WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!