The way that the blog works causes the posts to scroll off of the page and if there is a comment later Mike and/or Bill are likely to miss the comment.  I'm (Bill) going to add a comment link at the top of the home page.  The link will bring up this page and a comment can be left using the link at the bottom of this post.  Thank you all for the many views that our blog receives.  :-)

August 1 Images

It has been cloudy up here for most of the week . Today the sky was a milky haze , It had been a few days since I have done any imaging so I set up my 100mm Skywatcher  mod to see if I could capture some of the action . Turned out that the haze was consistent and didn't hamper the videos too as much as I had expected .
Active area Group Shot of AR's 2127 , 30 , 31 & 32   DMK 21 with 0.5 reducer

AR 2127   DMK 21 no reducer  900mm F/L

AR 2130 & 2131  DMK 21 with 2x  1800mm F/L

AR 2127  DMK 21 with 2x  1800mm F/L

Fat Filament at 2x

Proms at 2x

Now 3x 2700mm F/L

I finally was able to get some imaging time in when there was clear skies.  :-)
Here is the first image.  I will add more in a while.

July 27, 2014 AR2121, 23 & 26 -

The only prom that I imaged today -

AR2124 and AR2125 -

Another take on AR2121, 23 & 26 -

New 150mm Istar/PST Mod

I have recently completed an  Istar 150 mm F/10 PST mod , I will update my mod page with the details soon .

These are some of the first images from this scope taken July 24 .

 AR 2121 with 2122 & 2123 in the corner  DMK 31 @ 1500mm

AR 2121  DMK 21 @ 3000mm

AR 2122 & 2123

Some Prom Shots

Due to weather, fires in the western US and lack of solar activity, I have nothing to post at the moment.  I believe that Mike may have some images to post.  Hopefully things will pick up real soon.

Some More Quark Images from July 13 2014

I had gone back to using my mod for a while but thought it was time to re visit the Quark . These were shot late in the day through lots of humid atmosphere

First AR 2109 approaching the limb , 110mm Megrez with 0.5 reducer.

Same shot without reducer

AR 2113 & 2117 area

Random surface

Some prom shots

July 12 Solar Images

It is always nice to be able to get out on a nice day and enjoy an opportunity for solar imaging . The conditions for these was average but better than I expected due to the humidity we have had here recently .

First a backed out view of AR 2109 and friends approaching the limb

And now a bit closer

AR 2113 & 2117 area

Random Surface Shot

Prom Shots