April 21st Sol H-alpha..

[Peter Ward]

Despite reasonable seeing, the sun looked a little quiet this morning...or so I thought. This is probably the first reasonable data I've managed to get for a while.

Not much big stuff going on, but lots of nice surface details.

Here is a 66% version

(sorry haven't tested it, but, may not be i-pad friendly due the large image size)

[h0ughy (David)]

not bad Peter - as usual you leave us in your dust

the seeing here in Newcastle was horrible to say the least, but that big sunspot AR1726 looks great

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

not bad Peter - as usual you leave us in your dust

the seeing here in Newcastle was horrible to say the least, but that big sunspot AR1726 looks great

Thanks.... I've taken note of excellent work by other Solar-imagers of late, but my current work-flow seems to be working OK.

Same-same in the big smoke as well.

Cold fronts, troughs, Tasman lows have made the seeing tragic for months.

Today was a little better, .....but by 9:30am it was pretty much game over.

[batema (Mark)]

Hi Peter,

I am always blown away with your imaging both solar and deep sky. We gave the Lunt 100 (Meridans scope) a go on Saturday and it was visually spectacular. Some of our first images on this site. Thank you for the service.

Mark Bateman

[DaveM]

Very nice indeed Pete. I like the nice transition from the prom to the filament on the limb in particular.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by batema

Hi Peter,

I am always blown away with your imaging both solar and deep sky. We gave the Lunt 100 (Meridans scope) a go on Saturday and it was visually spectacular. Some of our first images on this site. Thank you for the service.

Mark Bateman

Oddly enough I haven't had the pleasure of looking through a 100mm Ha 'scope yet....but suspected it would be a treat. Your early results look superb.
BTW Lunt say your eyepiece is already on its way

Originally Posted by DaveM

Very nice indeed Pete. I like the nice transition from the prom to the filament on the limb in particular.

Ta... I think my new work-flow makes fila-proms look natural , just a pity there were not more of them !

[Paul Haese]

I concur, this the best you have done for a while. In a word Nice.

[Paul Haese]

BTW is that a polar crown prominence lower left? I think orientation makes it right on the pole.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

BTW is that a polar crown prominence lower left? I think orientation makes it right on the pole.

I wasn't paying too much attention to the camera orientation...but am fairly sure it's not on the pole (for ease of a mosaic, RA or dec is usually up or sideways)

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I concur, this the best you have done for a while. In a word Nice.

Thanks Paul. Your recent efforts have certainly made me work a lot harder !

[Paul Haese]

I don't think polar crown prominences need to be right on the pole to be a PCP. At least this is what I have read. If I have the orientation right this prom would be around 85-88 degrees latitude. In any event proms on the pole could be an indication that the southern hemisphere is now starting to reach solar maxium.

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Excellent Peter, that is a keeper!

Ted

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Peter
That is fanjollytastic - a classic from you!

[Peter Ward]

Sorry I've been off-line for a bit...

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Hi Peter
That is fanjollytastic - a classic from you!

Thanks Matt!

Originally Posted by Star Catcher

Excellent Peter, that is a keeper!

Ted

Appreciated Ted...your excellent recent efforts have not gone un-noticed either.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I don't think polar crown prominences need to be right on the pole to be a PCP. At least this is what I have read. If I have the orientation right this prom would be around 85-88 degrees latitude. In any event proms on the pole could be an indication that the southern hemisphere is now starting to reach solar maxium.

Learn something new every day...this makes sense...as crowns do indeed sit a little lower than the top of one's scone