H-alpha Sun on November 2nd

[Peter Ward]

Managed to grab some solar data literally minutes before the clouds rolled in (with a front approaching the seeing was quite poor, hence the presentation is at a smaller scale than my usual )

The link is here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery119.html)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi, Peter.

Your images always blow me away, it's a good reminder how dynamic the sun is.

Thanks,

Justin.

[Shiggy]

Peter, I must agree with Justin that is a mind blowing image.
I was thinking about getting a filter to try out the sun. Now you have made me think about a coronado!

Cheers
Shaun

[Peter Ward]

Ta... actually I think the pressure tuned Lunt 80mm is by far the bast bang for buck at present.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks... what can I say? :) I suspect way too many amateur astronomers simply haven't seen the sun with a reasonable H-alpha rig.

When you are used to seeing the "same M42" for decades, observing an astronomical object changing in minutes is, in a word, amazing.

Forget aperture fever, giga pixel CCD's etc. Solar h-alpha is a lot of fun!

[astronobob]

That is Mind Blowing ? ooops , Phenomally sharp & quite active ?
Awesome ! !

[Peter Ward]

Thanks...but as one C. Dundee commented on what did, or didn't constitue a knife.... it's not that sharp :).

This earlier effort (link here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery91.html)) is.