Solar H Alpha imaging tutorial

[Astroblagger]

Hello can someone point me in the direction of a good H alpha solar iaging tutorial having just recieved one, very impressed with the view through it, hope to start imaging with it now!

[garethmob]

which scope did you get astroblagger?

i see you have a good camera already the DMK that should work nicely in there

imaging the suns very much like planetary or luna you take lots of frames an extract the best ones

the only difference is for focusing and out in the sun the laptops screen gets very glare, a few members use a crate (i found the green recycling boxs work well) and black "photography" material which helps when your in direct sun

[Ibbo!]

and sun block!

[Merlin66]

The registax site has a pretty good tutorial on solar imaging....

[Astroblagger]

Thanks for the advice, here is my first ever H Alpha sun Images before the rain started! Alot to learn couldnt see my laptop screen properly. Could only get focus with a X2 barlow, should i be able to get focus with my DMK??

[Lee85]

Awesome pictures what setup did you use? Id love to take photos of the sun in all it's glory

[hunterknox]

The Astronomy Now ones on YouTube are a good place to start. MarkT also has an excellent tutorial on there, which is a bit more advanced.

[Ibbo!]

Very nice

btw i wasn't kidding about the sunblock got sun burned quite badly a couple of years ago

Steve

[iwatkins]

Solar astronomy kit should come with a wide brimmed sun hat.

I've got a nice linen one with a floppy brim which is perfect. I don't look like a total idiot, keeps the sun off your head and gives shade to the eyepiece.

Cheers

Ian

[Astroblagger]

Thanks for the advice.comments was taken with a pst and dmk cam, is there anyway of getting focus without the barlow?

[iwatkins]

You should be able to get focus with a PST and DMK. Which DMK have you got?

You may need a short and shoulderless nose piece to get the camera flat against the top of the EP holder to get a solid focus. FLO do one here: http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adaptors/low-profile-125-nosepiece-c-threads.html

Otherwise in some cases, the DMK gets very close to focus but just misses.

Cheers

Ian

[Astroblagger]

DMK 21 af would a barlow with the lens screw off work?

[sheri_barri]

Worth a try. I use a skynyx 2.1 and need to unscrew the 2x barlow lens and screw it direct to the CCD nosepiece to allow focusing. After trying a range of barlows from 2-5x, the 2 keeps the Newton ring effect to a minimum when in focus. Bit of trial and error but some combo will work.