todays solar activity (3 july 2005)

[h0ughy]

solar images from sunday afternoon and this morning

[Dennis]

Man - dem sure am giant spots H0ughy. Brisbane was plagued by wispy cloud all day today so I didn't bother dragging the 'scope out, so it was nice to see your images. Thanks for posting them.

Cheers

Dennis

[Orion]

Great shots Houghy!

[h0ughy]

Dennis,

with the exception of the full disk shot which was done with my telephoto lens, the others are on my trust little portable nexstar4GT, I didn't get my big beastie out, too long to set up!

doesn't take long, 15 min tops to get setup, shoot and process. Maybe thats why they're pretty average! :D

[[1ponders]]

Nice shots h0ughy. Can't you image through the PST?

[h0ughy]

I suppose you could liken it to the Space Shuttle, visually it is a vision splendid, practically it is a dog to try do anything with.

In short there is virtually no real play with focal distance which means getting a focal point for most cameras and imagers is very difficult. But not impossible. i am on the prowls for a second hand etx 70 to shrip the gts and mount the pst on it instead of the 70mm etx scope. with it being driven and "tracking" I may some chance of getting some imaging with a few modified accessories.

there is a cure of course, get a 90mm setup. :D