this is so old - solar work from Qld astrofest 2012

[h0ughy (David)]

i am at work at the moment suffering the air con (currently 42 outside) so i had a quick process of some of the data i took at duckadang - so here is my version of SOL way way back then. Lunt 60 doublestacked on G11 wit ha few other scopes, and great company - taken 13 august 2012 around midday while waiting for the kitchen to open

I know its old stuff but I haven’t got my observatory going after my hardware failure of the pc.... I so desperately want to get a shot of the current sunspot group. I simply love the detail the Big boys are getting

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice image David!

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Nice image David!

thanks Laurie. its waited a fair while to be done

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Beautifully processed Dave. Lovely.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Nice work Sir h0ugh, very pleasing to the eye, 2012 wasn't that long ago...

[tornado33]

Yep looks great. That activity at the bottom especially so.
Scott

[allan gould]

Good to see you mulling over old data and producing such a good image, David.

[Dennis]

Nice work Dave, nothing lost with the age of that data, unlike the rest of us who might have aged a teeny amount since then!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Beautifully processed Dave. Lovely.

thanks JJJ - I have just about forgotten how to do it its been that long

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice work Sir h0ugh, very pleasing to the eye, 2012 wasn't that long ago...

no it wasn't that long ago - where I enjoyed myself and indulged in a few photons - who am I kidding - that was ages ago

Originally Posted by tornado33

Yep looks great. That activity at the bottom especially so.
Scott

yes it was great and I think that at the time there were a few others imaging only that bit while I was in camp

Originally Posted by allan gould

Good to see you mulling over old data and producing such a good image, David.

I have to Allan, it all I have. haven't imaged with a scope for , well , since duckadang

Originally Posted by Dennis

Nice work Dave, nothing lost with the age of that data, unlike the rest of us who might have aged a teeny amount since then!

Cheers

Dennis

yes mate - is it true that you are kept in the freezer and only brought out to image on special occasions I love your work Dennis - its always top shelf something that inspires me

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

yes mate - is it true that you are kept in the freezer and only brought out to image on special occasions

LOL! Yes Dave, with the variable (read lousy!) SE Qld weather and the loss of my mount whilst Takahashi repaired the control box, my excursions have been somewhat limited.

I do however, feel quite refreshed after weeks and weeks of unbroken, wholesome, restful sleep, unpunctuated by the need to stare at a dull, red computer screen in the back garden until the wee hours of the morning!

Cheers

Dennis

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

i am at work at the moment suffering the air con (currently 42 outside) so i had a quick process of some of the data i took at duckadang

Very nice image Dave but I would've been much more impressed if you sweated it out like the rest of us.

[allan gould]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

i am at work at the moment suffering the air con (currently 42 outside) so i had a quick process of some of the data i took at duckadang

during your lunch hour and on the lappie you bought from home, of course

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

during your lunch hour and on the lappie you bought from home, of course

yes exactly. when i did get home it was 43degrees

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

Very nice image Dave but I would've been much more impressed if you sweated it out like the rest of us.

i did when i left work it was very hot - didnt sweat one bit - it evaporated, then lovely car aircon, to the aircon at home...... ahhhhhhhh

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

LOL! Yes Dave, with the variable (read lousy!) SE Qld weather and the loss of my mount whilst Takahashi repaired the control box, my excursions have been somewhat limited.

I do however, feel quite refreshed after weeks and weeks of unbroken, wholesome, restful sleep, unpunctuated by the need to stare at a dull, red computer screen in the back garden until the wee hours of the morning!

Cheers

Dennis

Dennis i havent used me observatory since just before Qld astrofest in August last year. i feel embarrased about that, but the weather has really been crud. we now have a weeks worth of showery weather after the very hot days with dust and smoke