Thank you Alan, what is nice about taking shots of the sun is that you don't need to take long exposures so the sun could peek through and you can get a shot.
Thanks Jim, I had to brighten the background area on the second one to show some of the prominences.
Thank You Dan
Thanks Mike, I had a few nights to image this winter but I couldn't think of anything to image, I think I got everything I want to image. I live in a too light polluted place to image galaxies without spending 20 hours on one shot. I couldn't get a good shot of the planets living here in Oregon. I miss Florida for that. The seeing was always above average to excellent.
Yes, seeing is king with regard to planetary it seems in particular, which is why I did not try much of it from the front range of Colorado. I do intend to try from down in AZ though someday...
I was wondering how you were going to do up here with your astro hobby. I have been watching everyone's astro work on here along with the discussions of how deep space subjects are tracked and imaged but never could quite imagine how that could be done with the skies above the Willamette and Columbia River valleys.
The winter here is like June to October in Florida, nothing but clouds at night. we are adjusting with everything else. It is refreshing to have the seasons again. I wish I would have moved here sooner. I get out almost every day for hiking and birding, I check the radar and go where there is no rain. I should be able to get some astro stuff this summer because that was my bad time to image in Florida. I will focus on summer objects.
