ASTRO: Latest solar images in Calcium K-line and H-alpha

Hello everyone. The clouds finally broke and I got some new shots. Seems
like forever that it has been cloudy. Clear Skyz, LA

With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out
to the 10" (that's the scope with the Daystar on it) to view. I was
wondering what the sun was up to. That Blocks of Definition image sure
has definition!
Rick

LA wrote:

Hello everyone. The clouds finally broke and I got some new shots. Seems
like forever that it has been cloudy. Clear Skyz, LA




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Thanks Rick. I was wondering whether the sun would ever come out again here
too. It did for a few days and then got clouded over again. Clear Skyz, LA



"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
...
With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10" (that's the scope with the Daystar on it) to view. I was
wondering what the sun was up to. That Blocks of Definition image sure
has definition!
Rick

LA wrote:

Hello everyone. The clouds finally broke and I got some new shots.
Seems like forever that it has been cloudy. Clear Skyz, LA

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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

"LA" wrote
...
Hello everyone. The clouds finally broke and I got some new shots. Seems
like forever that it has been cloudy. Clear Skyz, LA

Wonderful detail as always Larry!

So far there's only been two clear nights in January where I live and one
was the full moon. We also had a few hours of daytime clear weather but alas
I didn't bring my PST to work since I had not expected a chance to view the
sun.

George N

"Rick Johnson" wrote
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With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10".........

Well guys we have wind-chill warnings here in NY. I just checked the
forecast for my rented camp at Indian Lake NY and the NOAA warning says -35F
wind-chill and notes that exposed flesh will freeze in minutes and
un-protected exposure will "quickly lead to death"...... which is not good
for observing!

I also just checked our web weather station up at Kopernik and it sez that
the wind-chill is -18F and the snow plow just went by..... so I don't think
I'm going up to look at the moon........

George N

PS I knew I should have gotten WSP tickets!

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:14:00 GMT, "George Normandin"
wrote:

"Rick Johnson" wrote
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With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10".........

Well guys we have wind-chill warnings here in NY. I just checked the
forecast for my rented camp at Indian Lake NY and the NOAA warning says -35F
wind-chill and notes that exposed flesh will freeze in minutes

Bunch of wimps!

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Peter Hucker wrote:

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:14:00 GMT, "George Normandin"
wrote:


"Rick Johnson" wrote
...

With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10".........

Well guys we have wind-chill warnings here in NY. I just checked the
forecast for my rented camp at Indian Lake NY and the NOAA warning says -35F
wind-chill and notes that exposed flesh will freeze in minutes


Bunch of wimps!


Not exaxtly. Last time I was imaging the camera was at -35C and drawing
only 4% current to keep that temp. That means the temp before wind
chill was about -31C. Weather guy on TV said the wind chill was -65F
and expected to hit -80F. That didn't even generate a wind chill
warning here, happens all the time so nothing to warn about. Most
winters hit -40 either C or F and that's not wind chill! So far we
haven't hit that this year. It is only -18F as I write this with 30 MPH
winds. Don't know what that makes the wind chill. I've got to go out
and blow .6 miles of drive in this yet today as we finally got snow last
night -- before the bottom fell out of the thermometer. Waiting for the
temp to hit the -10F it is supposed to reach. Doubt it will however.
I'll have to start in an hour to finish before dark.

Rick

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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:30:48 -0600, Rick Johnson
wrote:



Peter Hucker wrote:

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:14:00 GMT, "George Normandin"
wrote:


"Rick Johnson" wrote
...

With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10".........

Well guys we have wind-chill warnings here in NY. I just checked the
forecast for my rented camp at Indian Lake NY and the NOAA warning says -35F
wind-chill and notes that exposed flesh will freeze in minutes


Bunch of wimps!


Not exaxtly. Last time I was imaging the camera was at -35C and drawing
only 4% current to keep that temp. That means the temp before wind
chill was about -31C. Weather guy on TV said the wind chill was -65F
and expected to hit -80F. That didn't even generate a wind chill
warning here, happens all the time so nothing to warn about. Most
winters hit -40 either C or F and that's not wind chill! So far we
haven't hit that this year. It is only -18F as I write this with 30 MPH
winds. Don't know what that makes the wind chill. I've got to go out
and blow .6 miles of drive in this yet today as we finally got snow last
night -- before the bottom fell out of the thermometer. Waiting for the
temp to hit the -10F it is supposed to reach. Doubt it will however.
I'll have to start in an hour to finish before dark.

I want some cold weather like that. Scotland is far too warm.
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I just sent my lawyer something for his birthday. Unfortunately, he wasn't home when it went off.

Peter Hucker wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:30:48 -0600, Rick Johnson
wrote:



Peter Hucker wrote:


On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:14:00 GMT, "George Normandin"
wrote:



"Rick Johnson" wrote
...


With the temps of late (winter finally arrived here) I've not been out to
the 10".........

Well guys we have wind-chill warnings here in NY. I just checked the
forecast for my rented camp at Indian Lake NY and the NOAA warning says -35F
wind-chill and notes that exposed flesh will freeze in minutes


Bunch of wimps!


Not exaxtly. Last time I was imaging the camera was at -35C and drawing
only 4% current to keep that temp. That means the temp before wind
chill was about -31C. Weather guy on TV said the wind chill was -65F
and expected to hit -80F. That didn't even generate a wind chill
warning here, happens all the time so nothing to warn about. Most
winters hit -40 either C or F and that's not wind chill! So far we
haven't hit that this year. It is only -18F as I write this with 30 MPH
winds. Don't know what that makes the wind chill. I've got to go out
and blow .6 miles of drive in this yet today as we finally got snow last
night -- before the bottom fell out of the thermometer. Waiting for the
temp to hit the -10F it is supposed to reach. Doubt it will however.
I'll have to start in an hour to finish before dark.


I want some cold weather like that. Scotland is far too warm.

I didn't get the snow all blown. Darned gas line froze up an hour into
it and a half mile from the house. No way to push it so had to leave it
and walk back. Then drive to the store for some alcohol to thaw the
line. Then found I'd left the ignition on and the battery was dead. By
then it was dark. I go back in a little bit (-25C right now so waiting
for warmer temps) to put the charged battery back in and see if the
alcohol has thawed the line. It might stay there until things get
warmer. The temp has been going through 40C swings, that condensed
water in the gas causing the problem. It's screwing up my imaging. At
10C the image scale is smaller than at -30C. Frames don't align right.
I hadn't thought of that problem before! I need to get an alignment
program that will change image size to align the stars. I tried
manually in Photoshop but after 20 tries that weren't any closer than
when I started I gave that up as useless.

My grandmother was born in Scotland but came over when 2 so she didn't
remember it.

Rick

I need to get an alignment program that will change image size to align
the stars........

Rick,

IRIS will do that. It will even convert FWHM when combining images so that
you can put together images taken with vastly different scopes. I've
combined Ls taken with our RC20 with RGBs taken by somebody else with a
101mm refractor and a 18-inch Newt.

George N