A still very quiet Sun

[tornado33]

Hi all
Here is one of my highest resolution full disk images of the Sun taken with my 10 inch f5.6 Newtonian. 450D camera, Baader MPCC coma corrector. 7 ISO100 images aligned/stacked with Iris, finished off with Photoshop.

A deathly quiet Sun, granulation but nothing else.

Scott

[Dennis]

Hi Scott

Well, I’m here…..drum roll....and the image is....???LOL!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

LOL i am sure it will be uploaded shortly

[tornado33]

Damm IE8 went and blocked the add images window, have to turn off popup blocker. Image is there now

[mexhunter (César)]

Hello Tornado 33:
You obtained an excellent and precise focus.
Many greetings
Cesar

[Dennis]

Very nice - razor sharp!

Cheers

Dennis

[tornado33]

Thanks
Ive normally imaged the Sun with the 6 inch SN in the past, This is with the 10 inch and a Thousand Oaks glass full aperature solar filter.
Scott

[Dennis]

I’m back, just had to have a 2nd look! It’s a real shame there were no sunspots visible – the detail in the granular surface is quite incredible.

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Scott,
Sharp as and exceptionally quiet, indeed.

Trevor

[Paul Haese]

Nice disk shot.

This is the reason I have not been doing any imaging of the sun. It is just too quiet and I could not be bothered with small prominences. I anticipate that the new cycle will be rocking along nicely by March next year. It is usually 13 months to solar minimum from the first spot. That means we are now entering solar minimum. Many people thought and have stated that we had solar minimum last year; when in fact we are now just entering it. It takes another 12 months from solar minimum to start seeing increased activity. So hang in there, Solar maximum is coming. It might not be as high as previous cycles but it should be reasonably active.

[Jen]

nice pic not many sun pics get posted in here cheers