3Dec06 Solar Activity

[mikestrieber]

Couple of shots from today. First light for a new camera and software today (Skynyx 2-1/Lucam Recorder).
Regards,
Mike

[tomvictor]

Hi Mike, nice picture of our star.

[mikestrieber]

Thanks Tom. BTW, AR930 is really popping the last couple of days and is expected for a while to come. Yesterday it produce the largest flare recorded in over a year. Should be some good sol viewing for the next week or so.
Mike

[pizwiz]

Mike, I must have missed it.
What equipment did you use to create the silhouette shots of the Prominences ?

Adolph

[mikestrieber]

Adolph,
The image was taken with a Solarmax 60 (double-stacked) and a Lumenera 2-1 camera. Don't be fooled by the black-out disk. That is not from the equipment but a processing function in Paint Shop Pro; creating an artificial occulting disk to highlight the proms. If you have further questions feel free to ask.
Mike

[pizwiz]

OK, that had me totally fooled.
Because I had previously seen occulting discs only in the large Solar Observatories.
I got all exciting thinking that someone had made one for Amateur use.
Although there is a gadget, older than the hills, called a planet blocker which we used to get images of the Jupiter system. It would allow you to image the Moons of jupiter without blowing out the planet itself by temporarily putting a small disk in front of Jupiter during the exposure. Some people enlarged the disk to view live prominences of the sun. But it was a real pain to use.
Your solution is much more elegant.

Adolph