Sunday Sun - 4 Active Regions and two proms

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hello all,

I was lucky to get some imaging in this morning between the clouds - I am glad I did as 4 AR and two goodish proms were on display.

The conditions were not good - the images on the screen were bubbling away and processing was difficult to say the least - I think I did the best I could.

Typical set up - Lunt 60 / Ha / DMK31 / Registax5 / PSP for blending prom and disc images.

Image 1 - Summary of all
Image 2 - AR 1164
Image 3 - AR 1166
Image 4 - AR 1165
http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell/image/132963429
Image 5 - Proms

Thanks for looking

[MikeyB (Michael)]

Looks good enough to eat, Matt! You've really mastered that Lunt: the resolution is fantastic for a 60mm objective and there's almost a 3D quality to the images!

[sheeny (Al)]

Lovely images as usual, Matt. I obviously missed one of the proms.

Al.

[Derek Klepp]

Great shots Matt was hoping you'd get them.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Lovely images as usual, Matt. I obviously missed one of the proms.

Al.

Thanks folks - Al, the second prom was quite faint and I picked it up visually - I usually do a drift around the limb with the Gain quite high - I did not pick it up in this manner!
Looking forward to the coming month wit the Sun!

[Quark (Trevor)]

Top Stuff Matt, you have certainly got the best out of this data. The active regions are so detailed and really like the proms.

Well done
Regards
Trevor

[trent_julie]

Very nice Matt

[Troy]

Wow Matt, very good images .
Just out of curiosity how do you focus accurately on the sun Matt?

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Originally Posted by Troy

Wow Matt, very good images .
Just out of curiosity how do you focus accurately on the sun Matt?

Thanks all for your nice words.

Hi Troy, I focus by looking at the image on the screen and playing with the feather touch focus knob - no skill required. The beauty of a small 60mm scope is that there is only so much detail you can get - so if conditions are poor or you are a little off with focus it does not seem to matter too much - you can always get something that resembles activity.
The hardest bit is being able to see the computer screen in a glarey environment!

Thanks for looking!

[Paul Haese]

Nice prom work Matt. The SM60 with the double stack makes for hard imaging of proms. Always seem to miss that. I will have to check the band pass next session and change it to suit the proms.

I like your image of AR11164. Very nicely detailed.

[Frewi808 (Freddy)]

Beautifull stuf there ! Nice captures ..
Freddy