TJSnapper

Great picture

-21 would keep the sensor cool though although the battery life would suffer a bit. Good first effort, i am still waiting to get some kit together.

Hi and welcome to the Forum, fancy a house swap then LOL

oh my goodness, great shot Thanks for posting, it is the first image I have seen of the sun like this (What a noob)

Beautiful image

Congratulations, hope it works out well for you I think the recent BBC & Brian Cox efforts have peaked a lot of people's interest in this fascinating subject, including mine

Fantastic shots, very clear.

Three nice shots there There is a bit of CA / blue fringing on the edge of the moon but that is a quick solve in PS

Thanks for the links, that is some pretty intense camera bashing I have so much to learn

Great post and very interesting results, it shows the effect of heat very well. Out of interest, how do you cool a DSLR chip?

HI and welcome, Another vote for Stellarium

Are you talking about the DO version or the normal one? My GF had a copy of the normal one and I didn't rate it for contrast or sharpness but I am quite fussy about such thinks

Hi and welcome from Bransgore

Nice job, thanks for the tip. How do you find the Astrotrac, and what camera/lens combo do you use. I was/am looking at one of these to get me started in astrophotograpy.