20081004 Sun

We have a typhoon around, but the sky is not completely covered, and of course, the cloud is running fast. I got a 20s gap for surface detail and around 15s of non-completely covered gap for prominence.

1452 (GMT+8), prominence shot, exposure pushed to penetrate thin cloud:-


1454 (GMT+8), surface detail shot:-


1455 (GMT+8), prominence shot, exposure further pushed to penetrate thin cloud and show dimmer detail:-


Telescope: Borg 45ED II
Filter: Coronado Solarmax 40 with BF10
Mount: Meade LXD55
Camera: DMK 31AF03

Seeing is 2/10, transparency from 1-5/10.