Coronado PST

My PST, ordered January: paid for March; arrived today. So the Sun
came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences and
filaments round the central spot group.

This is going to bring a lot of joy - as well as (please, pretty
please) a magnificent view of Venus. Am I ever a happy bunny.
--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:56:51 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

My PST, ordered January: paid for March; arrived today. So the Sun
came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences and
filaments round the central spot group.

This is going to bring a lot of joy - as well as (please, pretty
please) a magnificent view of Venus. Am I ever a happy bunny.

Excellent - talk about in the nick of time! How *good* is the view?
I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

Pete Lawrence wrote:

Excellent - talk about in the nick of time! How *good* is the view?
I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?

Gie us a chance - I've took it out the postman's hand 8 minutes ago.

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

On Wed, 26 May 2004 15:07:28 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:

Excellent - talk about in the nick of time! How *good* is the view?
I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?

Gie us a chance - I've took it out the postman's hand 8 minutes ago.

What's this then?

"So the Sun came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences
and filaments round the central spot group."

Was the postman hallucinogenic? He wasn't a TREE frog was he?

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

Pete Lawrence wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 15:07:28 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Gie us a chance - I've took it out the postman's hand 8 minutes ago.

What's this then?

"So the Sun came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences
and filaments round the central spot group."

Was the postman hallucinogenic? He wasn't a TREE frog was he?

When he's carrying a parcel that can only be a new telescope, I am
supposed to give him a full medical to establish his species?

I must admit to grabbing the parcel, shouting at her to come and sign
for it while I tore the parcel open, threw it on the tripod and rushed
into the garden.

Postie to viewing in 3 minutes. A record?

Then 2 minutes viewing, the Sun vanishing (of course) so a message to
uksa, total 8 minutes, and all without recourse to tree frogs or any
other exotic toxic. Shame on you for entertaining such a thought for
even a nanosecond.

Now I can't look at the sun, just the kit, it seems far better made,
altogether more solid than the one I looked through at AstroFest. Dead
chuffed. Whoops the Sun may be coming back.


--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

In article , Martin Frey wrote:

Now I can't look at the sun, just the kit, it seems far better made,
altogether more solid than the one I looked through at AstroFest. Dead
chuffed. Whoops the Sun may be coming back.


Nah - *you're* outside, with a telescope. We all know what happens
next :-)

Jim
--
Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk
"Brace yourself, this might make your eyes water."

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:56:51 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

My PST, ordered January: paid for March; arrived today. So the Sun
came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences and
filaments round the central spot group.

This is going to bring a lot of joy - as well as (please, pretty
please) a magnificent view of Venus. Am I ever a happy bunny.
LOL,

I also received mine this afternoon here in Geneva Switzerland....

Really GREAT view, much better than what I hoped......


You really see the flares very good and when you tune diferently....
they vanish and then you can see the surface and around the spots...

Thanks to Coronado.............
Best Greetings From SWITZERLAND
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Pete Lawrence wrote:

I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?

http://www.hadastro.org.uk/images/Pst040526-02.jpg
--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

Pete Lawrence wrote in
:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:56:51 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

My PST, ordered January: paid for March; arrived today. So the Sun
came out and showed me a breathtaking view of prominences and
filaments round the central spot group.

This is going to bring a lot of joy - as well as (please, pretty
please) a magnificent view of Venus. Am I ever a happy bunny.

Excellent - talk about in the nick of time! How *good* is the view?
I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?


Martin,

You lucky, lucky b*******! I was fortunate enough to have a quick squint
through one of these some time ago and remember how clear the view was. I
managed to point my digital camera into the eyepiece and (surprisingly) got
a couple of pics (http://www.nuney.com/wansfell2002/dscf0217-cropped.jpg
and http://www.nuney.com/wansfell2002/dscf0218-cropped.jpg) - these are
rather washed out but you can still see prominences and spots.

Happy observing - but I hate to think what the we*ther gods will make of
this latest acquisition....

Chris
www.nuney.com

Pete Lawrence wrote:

I know it's going to be subjective to describe it but... Is the
contrast good? Can you get a picture?

http://www.hadastro.org.uk/images/Pst040526-02.jpg

Second attempt to post this - first one seems to have vanished.

Held my little digital camera to the eyepiece and hoped. Not much
control of this fairly automatic camera and no processing done beyond
a slight crop.

--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47