I was hoping to get one or two meteors together with some aurora, but unluckily:
Cropped meteor:
And finally the aurora:
Push process a bit:
Welcome to my astronomy blog, I dedicate myself to the simplest form of amateur astronomy which requires only portable equipment. I have two small refractors, two small binoculars, one small GOTO mount and another small equatorial mount, and a small H-alpha solar filter. Originally from a city where the people were proud of their light pollution, that is Hong Kong where I loved. Relocated to the UK since 2021.
I was hoping to get one or two meteors together with some aurora, but unluckily:
Cropped meteor:
And finally the aurora:
Push process a bit:
The sun is still very active. We have a thunderstorm thuis morning but the sky cleared later in the afternoon, it's very windy, however.
1410 and 1411 (UT+1), at prime focus:
And then I insert a 2x barlows for close up:
1416 (UT+1)
1414 (UT+1)
1413 (UT+1)
Sorry about the reversed order.
I also pulled out my 8" SCT for a couple of white light shots, I guess I will want to add a color filter, say red, to reduce the disturbance from seeing but I forgot.
1433 and 1434 (UT+1)
Very active sun, glad that I did some imaging.
1136 (UT+1), taken with a reducer:
The Scottish summer is nearly non-existent this year. We finally got some sunshine and I pulled out my gear to take a few shots.
1319 + 1320 mosaic of two frames to show the prominences, very active and lovely.
And then close up with 2x barlows, first up is 1313 + 1314 mosaic of two frames:
And then another 2x single shot, 1316:
Enjoy a short session.
I used a tripod instead of the short pier I setup for deep sky inaging, far more comfort and still good enough for solar imaging. I have some concept of the pole in my backyard.
Going back to H-alpha, just before a family BBQ.
Windy day, suboptimal seeeing I would say 4/10, transparency nice at 8/10.
Trying the 8" SCT white light again, this time with a green filter, I hope it could help a bit on combating seeing?
1541 (UT), using 50% of frames:
I didn't try AB comparison with or without the green filter. Still no granulations.
This is an naked eye visible event here in Scotland, and maybe actually from the whole UK.
I planned a wee trip to the Dechmond Law which is the highest point in the small town of Livingston West Lothian.
My daughter was joining the birthday party of her friend, and so we waited on top of this small hill, the full show came after her party.
Still following the huge active region but this time in white light, the cloud is still following me.
And then I scanned around to find this "smaller" sunspot:
Taken with my Meade 8" SCT at prime focus, ASI 462mm, Baader.
AR3664 and AR3668 are probably one of the biggest active regions that I have ever taken, glad to have a few minutes of gaps among the cloud.
Ranger with 1.6x barlows, 1433-1441 (UIT)
Several big prominences group as well: