A Summary of my imaging year - longish post

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi all,

I have had a great year playing with my stuff and taking quite a few solar and lunar images this year. I estimate by years end I would have spent over 2% of the year behind my scope(s). I thoroughly enjoy my Lunt 60 Hydrogen Alpha scope (arrived in March) and it has been my main outlet for my hobby.

I was wondering what my favorite / best images of the year were so I reviewed most of my stuff and came up with my top 10 - a touch absorbed - I have also attached a montage of the images listed below - I probably will not get too much more in for 2010.

Chronological order.

14 January – AR 1040 - Probably the best detailed image taken with my 40mm scope. I upgraded to a Lunt60 not long after this – Solarmax 40, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/121077519

24 January – Deslanders Region – My most detailed wide field view of this heavily cratered region of the Moon. I remember the images on the screen being ever so crisp - Classic LX90, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/121354669

5 April – AR 1059 with Prominence – My best blended / Prominence image, very wispy – Lunt60 Ha, DMK31, Registax5 and PSP
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/123312340

11 April – I initially described this Quiescent Filament as ugly but there is a lot of detail in the smudge - Lunt60 Ha, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/123490296

18 May – A fantastic prominence display that looks like a forest. I do like the arching structures - Lunt60 Ha, DMK31, Registax5 and PSP
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/124646113

18-20 May – Filament – This was a three day project showing the changes as a large filament rounded the limb – I really like the 3D appearance of the filament when the images are inverted – Lunt60 Ha, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/124720871

1 August 2010 – Twin Filaments – These were two long and wide Filaments with a lot going on, I had never seen anything like these before – Lunt60 Ha, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/127040921

17 October – Mega Filament – This one was a massive gas cloud held in place by magnetism and I only imaged 2/3 of it! The active region associated with the Filament AR 1112 returned after 10 days as it rotated around the back of the Sun. Once again the inverted image makes the Filament leap up – Lunt60 Ha, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/129487021

16 October – Apennine Mountains – I just like scene - Classic LX90, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/129487082

29 October – AR 1117 – Some of the finest detail achieved with this set up – Lunt60 Ha, DMK31 and Registax5
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/129859972

I have enjoyed this year's journey and also sharing my stuff with you all - thanks for looking!

[DarkRevenge (Luis)]

Great work there Matt.
Congratz for those amazing pics and thx for sharing!

[AstroFlyer (Arek)]

Fantastic work Matt.
Amazing detail, you make your Lunt60 sing.

[Paul Haese]

A fine body of work for the year.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Very interesting summary and images Matt. thanks for sharing

[John Hothersall]

Enjoyed that look through, thanks.

John.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Thanks all!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great stuff. I don't think I have missed one post of yours on your solar stuff this year. It actually prompted me along with pics from Al Sheeny as well to get in gear and get a solar filter... and the clouds at night too maybe motivated me a bit Keep up the good work. Always a pleasure to watch

PS: BTW big Mike thinks he invented the negative views but he's not even close

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work Matt, I always enjoy seeing your new images.

[Ric]

Excellent images Matt

A great write up as well.

Cheers

[Moon (James)]

Great write up Matt. Your Apennine Mountains shot is terrific.
It's a good time to look back over the year and start planning for next year, in fact I was doing this myself earlier today. I guess I should write it up too...
James