AR10940

14:42 11/8/2006 UTC

Finally I managed to find a way to focus TouCam with PST. Using screw in barlow focus was reached easily and without excessive magnification. There is lots of room for improvements, but still there's a H-alpha image of active region 940! Seeing was also mediocre at late afternoon.

Camera: Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Telescope: Coronado PST 40mm f10 H-alpha solar telescope <1Å bandpass, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: - | Guiding: - | Exposure: 650(1000) x 1/10s f15 | Software: Qastrocam, Registax, IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) |