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
--
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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

On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:13:26 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:

I put two pictures made this afternoon with my PST and a coolpix 4500
They are not top, but I need to practise my PST a little.....

http://www.astro-ge.net/index.php?pi...y&p_int _id=2

look at the 2 first pictures...



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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

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.

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

On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:46:20 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

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.

Thanks for posting this Martin. I'm envious - I haven't looked at the
Sun through an H-Alpha filter since my University days. Can you tune
these scopes?

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