Sunday, November 24, 2013

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



Saturday, November 23, 2013

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




Thursday, November 21, 2013

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 -




Friday, November 15, 2013

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 .

Thursday, November 14, 2013

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 .

Sunday, November 10, 2013


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.