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Posts Made By: Gianluca Valentini

May 26, 2006 10:16 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

May 25th: a prominence

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

this is the largest prominence from yesterday. The seeing wasn't great and the picture reflects that, but I manually selected the best 35 frames of 1000 and the result isn't that bad wink

Ciao all

Luca 8)

May 26, 2006 05:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

May 25th: AR 10886

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

I was able to capture a few sequences of the surface on the 25th. This is the first I process, hopefully not the best wink

150 of 1000 frames manually selected, aligned and stacked in Iris. Processed in Photoshop.

Ciao

Luca

May 31, 2006 04:30 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Another "oldie but goodie", I think!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,

I'm digging the last resources off my external HD and I found another sequence of the AR 10880 from May 7th (still admissable before the end of the month? smile )

I like this one better than the one I posted before of the same subject that was taken a few minutes later: I must have tweaked the focus a bit and made things worse instead of better sad

However, here it comes. Setup was the susual. Other relevant data on the picture.

Ciao

Luca

June 7, 2006 03:49 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Gotcha!!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

today I set out to get the 892: regardless of the strong wind I said to myself I was going to try. Well I believe I got more than I expected and I also got the 893 grin

However this is not the best of the lot but it probably the best that contains both active areas in one shot. I will work on the resto f the sequences I captured tonight (gotta get a movie for the wife, so I can process in peace wink )

So expect more grin

Ciao all

Luca 8)

June 9, 2006 03:32 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

AR10892 rapidly INvolving

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys

alas I'm bearer of bad news sad the 892 and 893 are rapidly involving. From a quick look of a few hours ago (12:30 UTC) the 892 was significantly less active than yesterday and the day before, while the 893 was rougly the same. Here I attach a shot from yesterday depicting both the active regions: it was taken at F36 (Powermate 4X) and the 892 already shows a noticeable difference with the one I posted shot on the 6th. Downsized 10%.

I have some sequences shot today in high gusting winds, but I'll see if anything comes out to document this development.

Ciao all

Luca

June 9, 2006 10:12 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

892

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
An image of the 892 in B&W taken with 3,300mm focal length.


Ciao
Luca

June 12, 2006 05:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Prominence Warning for US solarobservers!!!!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,

I believe that our US friends will be enjoying a great show in the next few hours: I attach here an image of a prom I took today: it is part of a great system of wide (and therefore not very evident while on the disk) filaments that is approching the limb just ahead of the 892.
We will be probably be sleeping when the best will go on :C so please guys, go out with your solar scope and image away wink so that tomorrow will be red with envy!

Here is an appetizer grin

Ciao all

Luca

PS I just noted that Spaceweather is mentioning the same filament I talk about in today's page.

June 12, 2006 05:15 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Prominence warning for the US

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,

I believe that our US friends will be enjoying a great show in the next few hours: I attach here an image of a prom I took today: it is part of a great system of wide (and therefore not very evident while on the disk) filaments that is approching the limb just ahead of the 892.
We will be probably be sleeping when the best will go on :C so please guys, go out with your solar scope and image away wink so that tomorrow will be red with envy!

Here is an appetizer grin

Ciao all

Luca

PS this is a copy of a msg I posted also on the Solar System Forum: I thought that, in this particular case, a repetition would have been appreciated.

PPS I just noted that Spaceweather is talking about the same filament on today's page!

June 14, 2006 05:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

892 on June 9th

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,

here is an image of the 9th. The 892 was already shrinking fast, but still an interesting and articulated active area. I hope the picture will show this aspect especially if compared with my previous posts on the same solar region.

Ciao

Luca

June 21, 2006 10:20 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Yet another of AR892&893!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

here is another image taken on June 8th. We haven't had a single good day to observe the sun since the disappearance of the 892 which is a bummer even if it appears as the sun is very calm these days.

Let's hope it is preparing for something BIG as only IT can do grin

Ciao all

Luca

PS going on a little vacation: it was about time, but I'll be away from my equipment for a while. My wife's happy smile

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