Altocumulus

Something faint. The surface of the sun looks like a mixture of white light and CaK in texture and detailing.

Whilst making changes to my mount/cabling, I took an opportunity to look at what I had on my mount PC (beelink mini running windows). I decided to take the plunge, this morning, and upgrade the OS to Windows 11, from W10 Pro. So far the following appear to work, though a couple are reluctant to close down. Sharpcap Lunt Solar Controller Lakeside Focuser Pegasus Ultimate Box cDc starts to open, then freezes trying to start skychart.exe. That's as far as I've got so far - the upgrade took a few cycles of download/install before it finally completed. It looks different to 10 - cleaner perhaps, though this particular PC has a limited astro use. Not used in the wild, as yet, it'll be a while before I get myself sorted ( one part still to arrive )

Ah! I'm with you. You have a 135mm lens on a camera. In that case, no the mini won't, sensibly, fit. Ideally something longer would be better. I have a 400mm with 2x extender and still have plenty of space on the sensor. Given the price of long focal lenses, a telescope would be less expensive, and you already have the mini

Stunning.

"The ASI120 mini-camera offers you very good performance for planetary imaging" - highlight quote from ZWO website. I'm a bit confused by your telescope - but what you use for DSO will work equally well for Lunar/Solar System. Just faster imaging

Who put the sun in that gull image 🤣

Bias not really needed and mono is sometimes good for the Sun. After all it is White.

Very nice!

AllSkEye.com . Windows only.

Stunning, very stunning!

Hi Vin. Cracking images. What 'scope and camera, if I may ask?

More like non stop all summer, given the very few occasions I've managed to do anything this past season..... Smashingly good Chris - like the prom in the southwest corner.

Didn't see it by eye, but then it seems as we age it gets harder.

I'm lucky in some ways that the north doesn't really have any major light pollution. I have a 'lid' on top of the post that mitigates when the moon is out; and, to the south, I have Aberdeen!

Folk reported seeing it as far south as yourself. Do you use the Glendale app?

Very nice!

It was classed as fairly minor. Now I just need to improve the quality, or probably get a better camera - this 120 has been the bane of my sky watching for too long!

ZWO 120MC Software : AllSkeye . Excuse the poor quality, I'm struggling with noise on the camera (using dark frame), even at 15 second exposure and gain of 10. My vertical allsky capture was better quality (178MC) but aurora just on the edge. My Movie.mp4

https://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ suggests you should have an almost full sun on the camera.

Ah - OK. Is the barrel of the camera in correctly and not slightly skewed to one side. Other than that it might just be a simple case of a slight slew.

Forget the wedge - likely unsuitable for your type of 'scope. Stick with the filter.....

One hopes you have a suitable filter on the SCT! I don't have this 'scope but first thoughts are focus. If you use the camera during daylight on a distant object, or on the moon, can you get focus? I'm a bit confused by your mention of a 5mm ep.

Nowt really wrong with that one! I'm definitely deciding this year has been the worse for some years, for solar imaging! If the scope is ready, something else goes wrong, if all the stuff is ready the clouds/rain roll in! I don't even think I can count 5 occasions when it's been a good day (or morning) here in the NE.

Very very nice.

Cheapest option to test the waters would be Baader Solar film - make a 'cell' to place in front of your 'scope. That'll give you white light images - sunspots and the 'orange peel' surface.