Sunday, August 31, 2014

Images From August 29 2014

I have been getting behind with my processing . Here are a few more from the 150mm Istar mod .

                                                     AR 2149 with a prom on the limb


                                                             A closer look at AR 2149


                                                            A closer look at the prom


                                                                          AR 2151



                                                               AR 2150 & Filament




Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Images from August 25 2014

 I had clear sky and the conditions were about average . There was lots going on up there to capture , hope you enjoy these .

                                                                   Monday's Disk


                                                              The AR's in White Light


                                                                    AR 2150 & 2151



                                                                            AR 2146



                                                                            AR 2149



                                                                            AR 2150


                                                                           AR 2151


                                                                           The Proms



                                                                   
                                                                      Random Surface



Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Images from August 17 2014

Another day with the new 150mm Istar mod ., first some random surface shots and a prom at the native 1500mm .







Now a littler closer look at the AR's , not as sharp as I would like , the atmosphere was heating up by the time I got to the barlow shots . These are at 2X or 3000mm

                                                                    AR 2144 area


                                                                      AR 2141 area


                                                                         AR 2143


                                                                          AR 2146


Friday, August 15, 2014

Mikes 150mm Istar / PST Mod Build


I have just updated my mod page to include this recent build , the details can be found on my page under Solar Scope Mods in the sidebar to the right .


Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Images from August 10 2014

Unfortunately there are many fires in Bill's area so his sky's are not good for imaging right now , I hope this clears for him soon because I miss his images .
  These were shot through hazy holes in the clouds so they lac some detail but I am happy with the prom captures , hope you enjoy these . All were done with the 150mm Istar and DMK 21





Monday, August 11, 2014

More Images from the new 150mm Istar mod

This 1500mm long beast turned out to be a lot for my existing Losmandy GM8 mount to handle .so I was on the lookout for a bigger mount and found a gently used Skywatcher EQ6 Pro at an attractive price . This mount came with a column type base . The column is a big plus for me because I could not set this up before the afternoon due to the scope interfering with the tripod legs . Now I can use the scope in the morning before the heat waves start .
  This round of images were all taken with the 150mm Istar mod on the new EQ6 Pro mount . I believe the steadier mount has contributed to the finer detail I see in these images .

Some random surface shots



AR 2135



AR 2137 area





A couple prom shots




Monday, August 4, 2014

Some More Images with the 150mm Istar mod from August 4 2014

I had a decent day for imaging so before I set up the big gun I grabbed a full disk and some white light with my other scopes .

Today's disk SM 60 DS , DMK 21 , 0.5 reducer



These are with the Istar , 1500mm F/L , DMK 21



AR 2134


W/L with Megrez 110mm and Lunt wedge , DMK 21



AR 2132



AR's 2127 - 2130



Now a closer look at the AR's  2X , 3000mm



I managed to catch this prom before the clouds moved in