THE SOLAR DISK IN H-ALPHA LIGHT : see also time-lapse animations
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 3 stacks of 6 x 1ms frames, 2014 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada, August 1st, 2014 ... reprocessed in April 2022
  • ​The above sequence spans ~6 hours and includes the inflation and collapse of a major plage complex that appears to correlate with a major chromospheric excursion recorded that day
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : stack of 5 x 1ms frames, 2015 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada - July 11th, 2015 ... reprocessed in April 2022
  • Active spiral magnetic field around a well defined sunspot ... plus crop + zoom
​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, April 17th, 2022
​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, April 20th, 2022 ...  Note inset of Earth added for scale.
​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, April 20th, 2022 ... filaments linking between the left and right groups of sunspots - I have never observed this before ! Note inset of Earth added for scale.
​DS287m on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/4.4, May 31th, 2022 ... lots of delicate detail in filaments
DS287m on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/4.4, July 9th, 2022
DS287m on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/4.4, September 10th, 2022
SSIm on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/8.8, September 29th, 2022
SSIm on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/8.8, July 23rd, 2023
SSIm on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/8.8, August 9th, 2023
SSIm on Coronado Solar Max II 90 @ f/8.8, August 9th, 2023
SOLAR PROMINENCES IN H-ALPHA LIGHT
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, August 1st, 2014 ... reprocessed in April 2022

​SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/10, April 6th 2014 ... H-Alpha using 1000 Oaks system - "​Cathedral Arch" prominence in upper chromosphere ... reprocessed in April 2022
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, April 30th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, May 8th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, May 14th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, May 14th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, June 19th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
​​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, June 19th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
​​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8, June 19th, 2022 ... Earth inset for scale
SUN IN WHITE LIGHT
SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/10 : single 1ms frame ... I forget the details for the  second image !
  • Sunspot groups, granulation. faculae and limb darkening
Kitchen colander used as a multi-pinhole camera : solar eclipse, August 2017.
​Sun Ring : April 2018
MOON
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor @ f/7.5, unless otherwise indicated
ASTEROIDS
  • DS432m on 8 inch SCT @ f/5, unless otherwise indicated
Ceres 1 on April 10th @1.10 am from Ottawa
Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 + UHC filter : single 1.9 millisecond frame, unbinned, high conversion gain, no darks or flats, February 18th 2019
DS297m 0n EVOGuide 50 refractor - Moon @ 0.5ms_@ minimum Gain and default C&G DB1 PS16
MARS 
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor, f/7.5 x 2.5 barlow, unless otherwise indicated
Mars - Downtown Ottawa with terrible seeing, October 8th, 2020
JUPITER
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor, f/7.5 x 2.5 barlow, unless otherwise indicated
SSIm on 10" SCT @ f/10 : January, 2014
SATURN​
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor, f/7.5 x 2.5 barlow, unless otherwise indicated

​SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/25 : Stack of 283/1400 x 100ms avi frames, May 20th 2013

SSIm on 120mm refractor @ f/22 : Stack of 72/1400 x 15ms tiff frames, Downtown Ottawa, Sept 11th, 2020​