Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jul 11, 2013 1:01:30 GMT -6
Brief Solar Alley Imaging
10 July 2013
10 July 2013
It's been a soggy spring and early summer - denying Chicago Astronomers from decent scope time - day or night. But this day brought full sunshine to the city and I thought I would take an hour to enjoy the current active Sunspot regions #1784 through #1787.
Setting up the C102mm refractor on the CG-5 mount with full aperture Baader Solar filter, I crudely aligned the mount and started imaging within five minutes of setting up....
It was around 4pm and the Sun was ducking behind utility wires and clouds. But there were small windows of opportunity to shoot decent images...
Using the 40mm Maxview adapter 2" eyepiece and a yellow filter, stacked with a Light Pollution filter, brought out nice details with the limited aperture of 102mms...
It's been over a month since my last solar session...and it was a nice time with the Sun...
