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This image was captured this morning through the double glazed window. I adjusted the etalon:focus distance to produce the most even surface detail. Perhaps a little brighter at center of the disk.
When I peered out of the window. To check where the sun was shining. I noticed something new. Everything on the east side of the house is in deep shadow. From the absent neighbour's trees. Nothing new there. Then I noticed the patch of ground on the western side of the greenhouse. This was enjoying almost uninterrupted sunshine.
This had never been possible in the past due to the tall front hedge. Now reduced to head height. Several foolishly tall conifers have all been removed. Leaving only a couple of shrubs. Which I had reduced to a couple of meters in height. These could well be lowered further. A bit of trimming of some shrubs to the west would give me plenty of room to set up the solar telescope. While still providing shelter from the prevailing SW winds. I'd get hours of uninterrupted sunshine.
It's not the easiest place to reach at the moment. Because of legacy hedges and shrubs. Which I was never allowed to touch. Now I am in sole charge of the garden I can choose to hack back what I like. This space was previously closed to my mind. By all the years of adjusting to foolish overgrowth.
This area lies outside one kitchen window. Just beyond the kitchen sink. There is no reason why I couldn't set up the monitor and keyboard in the corner of the kitchen. To control the AM5N mount and ASI174mm camera. I would still enjoy the comfort of being indoors. While the telescope would be looking over a paddock and then endless fields beyond. With few thermal issues to worry about.
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