A Few More Double Stacked Mod Images

I have had a lot of cloud cover up here in Ontario lately . This is typical for this time of year but I think the recent purchase of a 90mm etalon could be contributing !
  Today's conditions were not great and these images were shot through some hazy holes that drifted by . This is my second go with this combination , Skywatcher Equinox Mod  +  SM 90 etalon . So far the new etalon seems to be getting along well with the mod .

                                                                 Views of AR 2205

                                                    A couple more highlights from today

Congratulations to Mike for his next mod with the 90 Etalon.  This new project looks to be a real winner.    There was a gap in the clouds today for about an hour and a half so I jumped on the opportunity.  The day had started out with rain but ....  The next big and active sunspot AR2205.  Not as big as the last monster but big enough.  :-)

AR2205 -

Below AR2205 AR2206 upper right -

Eastern limb AR2100 and AR2101 -

AR2205 and the long filament to the west -

AR2205 in closer using the DMK-21 camera -

Sun Again it's Been a While !

It seems like a long time since I have seen the sun , checking back I can see that it has been almost a month since I have imaged . Bill has done a great job of displaying what I had missed , well done sir !!
  The problem I have with no sun is that I find myself scrounging the used astro market . I have been trying to find a SM 90 etalon for some time now and got lucky , a fellow sold me the second etalon from his double stacked SM 90 . I am hoping that this new piece will open a few more imaging doors for me . So far I have adapted it to fit my 100mm Skywatcher mod to give me a double stacked 90mm mod . Later I will adapt it to some other scopes for full aperture 90mm single operation .
  These images are from the 100mm Skywatcher mod double stacked with the new 90mm etalon .

                                                 New active area 2205 coming into view

                                                                        A closer look

My apologies for the orientation being off , these were a quick test of the new etalon between the  clouds .

This is the first time since the 21st of October that I had the conditions to image and I was just in time to catch AR2192 at the limb.  I guess that there isn't any reason that wouldn't come back around in a little while.  :-)

AR2192 at the limb -

Lower down with AR2194 and a fair sized filament -

Here is a huge filament, I mean big,  above AR2192 -  :-)

This is the biggest prom that I saw today, not the tallest but definitly the biggest.  This is referred to as a mound prominence. -

Here is AR2192 up close and inverted.  As sunspots go, this one has been very active and the biggest in 25 years I believe.  With the inverted view you can see the turbulence around this sunspot.

Some prom shots from October 21, 2014.

Near AR2194 -

Near AR2187 -

    After another delay the conditions today worked.  :-)  It rained a bit last night and cleared the air.  With very few clouds today there was only the wind to worry about and it was brisk at times.  I was able to image for a while and I really wanted to get a picture of this new monster sunspot AR2192.  I did.  :-)  I will start with a couple of images with hopefully more to come.  The first image is of what appeared to be a very long filamment.  I have run into this formation in the past and it ends at the limb in solar tornadoes.  Over a year ago i imaged another line of them and I didn't know what I had until I saw a NASA picture of the same formation.  There image was magnitudes more impressive of course. ;-)

Here is my first shot of AR2192 -

From the other side.  AR2191 and AR2187 -

Closer in on AR2192 with the Powermate (Wind was really a problem with this and I might have a better one later.) -

In this inverted image you can better see all the turbulence around this sunspot -

Closer on the big filament -

 

Solar Images from Oct 12 2014

It was fairly breezy here yesterday so I left the 150mm in the garage and used my trusty 100mm Skywatcher mod for these .

                                                        AR 2186 @ 900mm F/L

                                                                 AR 2187 same F/L

                                                         A closer look at these AR's

                                                                            Fat Boy

                                                                              Proms

                                                   Hope you have enjoyed these captures !