Stupidly large star

[Peter Ward]

Upped the focal length this morning, and imaged our local star in H-Alpha

image here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery88.html)

[von Tom]

Spectacular image Peter!

[FlashDrive]

WOW ... !!!!!! ....That's " BIG " :D

[AG Hybrid]

I'm looking at it on my 32" LED TV. Which doubles as a pretty damn good monitor. What a sight that was when io opened up your link!

[Derek Klepp]

Very nice Peter acted as a good guide for what I could make out (with lower resolution) through my 60mm Ha scope.

[sheeny]

Oh, that's just gorgeous!

I need more aperture...:P

Al.

[Miaplacidus]

WhoOAH, Peter!
Better put a warning on that there image! Almost burnt out both my retinas. Very nice, though, I must say. Ah, to have so much aperture... :jawdrop:

[leon]

Peter that is just awesome imaging, truly magazine stuff.

Leon

[RobF]

Incredible.
I'm most certainly suitably stupified! :eyepop:

[bartman]

OMG:jawdrop:
Yes, I too saw it on my big LCD screen!!!!
I wonder if any rug/carpet makers could emulate you pic into a shag pile carpet.......might be a good business venture.........

Awesome pic!!!!!!!
Bartman

[Kal]

What a stupidly good looking photo :D

[socaha]

:thumbsup:Amazing pic!

[Matt Wastell]

Great stuff Peter!

[Quark]

Very nice work Peter, liked it, LOVED IT!!!

Cheers
Trevor

[John Hothersall]

That is a glorious image Peter.

John.

[Paul Haese]

Lovely image Peter. Love the scale too.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Guys!!

I have to say I am humbled by the positive responses to this image....'tis a pity I didn't get the prominence data.

Sadly, no reprise in the short term, as work has me away from the land of Oz for the bulk of next week.

Maybe the full (solar) enchilada next time! :)

[ZeroID]

I need Sunblock !! What an absolutely amazing image !! Totally fascinating to see.

[multiweb]

That's an amazingly sharp shot. Really nice disc. One of your best if not your best. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

That's great. These solar shots are fabulous, especially the ones with the prominences.

I saw your Shuttle across the sun shot. That was really a clever image and very impactful.

Is any of it done with your AP155 or is it all the solar scope?

I saw an ad on Astromart where a guy had setup a TOA130 as a solar scope with the Ha filter and adapters. It could be a nice setup.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Greg, this was indeed done with the venerable AP155.... the nice thing about using a filter rather than a dedicated solar scope is you can easily change scopes hence FL's.