Full Disk on DMK 21 Sensor with SM 60

I have tried this before and never hit the right combination to be able to achieve focus , a few days ago I got lucky . What I used was an Antares 1.25" 0.5X Focal reducerhttp://agenaastro.com/antares-1-25-0-5x-focal-reducer.html
With this I used a 20mm   "C" mount spacer in place of the nose piece that came with the camera . This allowed the camera to sit very close to the eyepiece holder and spaces the F/R in a correct position .

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Here is an image shot today using this combination for the first time with my DMK21

Images From Nov 20

I guess you could say I was getting behind but I wanted to leave Bill's fantastic prom shots at the top for a bit before I posted these . My day was a cool +4c with clear sky's to start until some light cloud moved in at the end of the session . It was a good day for imaging so I took some white light to go with the HA . One more thing I discovered was how to effectively use a 0.5 reducer and take a one shot full disk , so my full disk images will no longer have the bottom sliver cut off .

                                         AR 1899 & 1896

                                          A closer view of AR 1899

I have some images from November 15 - 17th

Some prom images -

From the 17th

From the 15th - AR1899

AR1896 -

From the 17th -  AR1893, 96, 97, 98 & AR1900

AR1899 -

AR1895, 98 & AR1900, 01 -

A couple from Nov 14

It has been very windy here in Ontario lately , to be expected as the colder air moves in .

November 14 Disk

As some who come here know I have been working on a new project . This involves mating my SM 60 with a 127mm refractor . This project has gotten off to a shaky start but is starting to come around now , when I get all the bugs out of it I will post all the details of the build .
  This is an early image from this scope also taken yesterday , DMK 21 and no barlow .

Here is a round of images from November 13, 2013.
I will start out with some images of prominences.

AR1890 at the western limb.

AR1899 at the eastern limb.

Images From November 13

I finally had an opportunity to image again after what seemed like a long time . My conditions were not very good and I had a stiff wind adding to the challenge . Bill also has some great images from yesterday so I will try not to duplicate what he has for you .

Full Disk November 13

AR 1893

Long Filament

A Floating or Detached Prom

Bill has some amazing prom and surface shots that I am sure he will be adding soon .

Sunspot AR1890 has been very active having produced 3 X-class flares in 5 days.  Here are some images of AR1890.  Unfortunately there was no flare activity when I was imaging.

AR1890 - November 09, 2013

A prominence from the 9th -

 

A very long filament close to the NW Limb.

 

I thought that I would post some facts about our nearest star.

Mean Distance from Earth - 1.496 X 10^8 km / 92,946,000 mi
At the speed of light - 8 min 19s
Visual Brightness - -26.74 (Compare to Sirius @ -1.46)
Mean Diameter - 1.392684 X 10^6 km / 865,413 mi
Equatorial Circumference - 4.379 X 10^6 km / 109 X Earth
Volume - 1.412 X 10^18 km^3 / 1,300,000 X Earth
Mass - 1.9891 X 10^30 kg / 333,000 X Earth
Temperature Photosphere - 5,778 K / 5,504 °C / 9,941 °F
Sidereal Rotation @ Equator - 25.05 Days
                            @ Poles - 34.4 Days
Composition - Hydrogen   73.46%
                       Helium       24.85%
                       Oxygen      0.77%
                       Carbon       0.29%
                       Neon          0.12%
                       Nitrogen     0.09%
                       Silicon         0.07%
                       Magnesium  0.05%
                       Sulfur           0.04%

Here is a chart that compares the last 3 solar cycles with the current cycle 24.
Solar cycle start dates - 21 - June, 1976, 22 - September, 1986, 23 - May, 1996, 24 - January, 2008
Chart from - Solen

This solar cycle is quite weak compared to cycles of the recent past.

Here are a few images from November 04, 2013.  I had a short time to image and the seeing was poor so this is all of the images that are worth posting.

AR1885 -

Another view of AR1885 -

A Big filamnet -

And some detail at the Northwest Limb -

November 3 Full Disk

Today has been the first opportunity I have had in the last couple of weeks for any imaging , although the sky was clear the viewing conditions were very poor . It was not a day for any kind of close ups but I did manage to salvage a disk shot for today .

Not much sun lately but  I have a couple of images to post.

Proms from October 30, 2013 -

Further out

And AR1877 and AR1879