Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Aug 9, 2014 13:54:30 GMT -6
Solar Imaging on a summer afternoon
09 August 2014
09 August 2014
A bright sunny day brings out the C11 and the new Baader white light full aperture solar filter.
Initially, prime focus imaging with the Canon T5i...
Sunspot group AR 2135 was putting on a nice show....
Poppin in a Yellow and polarizing filter to enhance contrast...
Slewing across the disk to sunspot group 2130 & 2132...
Solar imaging is not an easy task, with atmospheric turbulence causing focus to come in and out. The glare and the heat on top of it, night time imaging on dim objects is a lot easier. But this session was only about an hour, outside of my garage...
For a treat, i slipped in the Binoviewers and spent some time and enjoyed the sunspot show. Perhaps tomorrow, I'll set-up the H-Alpha scope....
Solar imaging is not an easy task, with atmospheric turbulence causing focus to come in and out. The glare and the heat on top of it, night time imaging on dim objects is a lot easier. But this session was only about an hour, outside of my garage...
For a treat, i slipped in the Binoviewers and spent some time and enjoyed the sunspot show. Perhaps tomorrow, I'll set-up the H-Alpha scope....
