20090706 Sun

We finally got sunshine again! I have been longing to shoot AR1024 but no chance... It seems very promising from the images that I have seen, but today, I found that it's rather disappointing, since despite it's feature rich and complex, it's still small! I really hope that there will be some active regions such that I will need to use a reducer rather than a 5x to shoot.

Tele Vue Ranger with NGF-CM, Solarmax 40 with BF10, DMK 31AF03.AS tracked on a Meade LXD55... full disc taken with a 0.5x corrector at the nosepiece of the BF10, close up with a Tele Vue 5x Powermate.

1532 (GMT+8):-


1533 (GMT+8):-


1539 (GMT+8), can you hear the cracking sound out there? ;-)


1546 (GMT+8), it's changing, detectable even in several minutes:-


A good day, but I really hope there's something bigger coming!