20091107 Sun

Thin cloud scattering around and constrast was reduced greatly. Seeing 3/10, transparency 6/10. Low activity again.

1502 (GMT+8), captured with a DMK 31AF03:-


Canon 450D video mode capturing, surface detail at 1/320 ISO 100, prominences at 1/25s ISO 400.

(the results are too bad to keep, not to say to post)

20091106 Sun

There's some small scale activities on the surface, but prominence activity becomes low. Seeing 3/10, transparency 6/10.

1610 (GMT+8):-


1611 (GMT+8):-

20091105 Jupiter

Taken with my Canon 450D in video mode, Orion 100 ED f/9, seeing 3/10, transparency 5/10.

2116 (GMT+8), with 2x barlows, ISO 800 at 1/25s:-


2123 (GMT+8), with 5x Powermate, ISO 1600 at 1/15s:-


Feels like way too much compression in the AVI, hard to squeeze useful information.

20091102 Sun

Still lack in surface activities, but the prominences are pretty nice. I even pulled out my eyepiece to have a look :-)

1411 (GMT+8):-


1413 (GMT+8):-


While I'm adjusting my mount, I saw a plane passed through the solar disc! What a sight, but too bad that my camera was not recording.

20091101 Sun

Still silent, seeing 2/10, transparency 2/10.

1511 (GMT+8):-


1512 (GMT+8):-

20091031 Sun

Spotless again, seeing 3/10, transparency 3/10.

1604 (GMT+8):-


1605 (GMT+8):-


Firebird!

20091026 Sun

Very poor transparency today at 2/10, seeing 3/10. AR1029 can be seen in white light! Therefore, I pulled out my simple white light setup to have a shot first:

1525 (GMT+8), manual focus by looking into the view finder:-


1526 (GMT+8), autofocus by Live View contrast detection:-


My simple (lazy) white light setup consists of a Thousand Oaks Type 2+ Glass, Canon 450D with Canon 100-400mm at 400mm with Kenko 2x, handheld, spot metering.

And then I setup my H-alpha gear and it's definitely far more interesting. Again, taken with my Tele Vue Ranger with NGF-CM, Solarmax 40 with BF10, and DMK 31AF03. The full disc was taken with a reducer at the nosepiece of the BF10 and then the close up was taken with a Tele Vue 2x barlows:-

1547 (GMT+8):-


1548 (GMT+8):-


1553 (GMT+8), close up with 2x:-