The Sun 2 January 2012 white light

[Bizibilder]

I finally got to see the Sun today - Just had two weeks of Hols and only got to take pics on two days!! Typical

Anyway - these are todays and include a few spot close-ups with the SPC900 (around 1100/1200 frames). All through the Evostar 120 Achro (stopped to 100mm) and Canon 1000D, Baader Solar Filter. ISO 100 1/1000 sec. 11.00GMT for the full disc.

[Demonperformer]

I was wondering whether to have a go at the sun earlier today when it actually came out, but decided not to bother. Clearly, that was a mistake!

Nice pictures of some very interesting spot activity.

[4lefts]

nice, nice, nice! is the slr full disc a single frame or a stack?

i was out a little while after this and though the image was boiling like mad i think that big spot ar1389 was starting to break up (a lightbridge?).

[Photosbykev]

The breaks in the clouds gave some half decent views of the sun but the low angle and strong winds made seeing very poor. I'm impressed with the results you got today

[Bizibilder]

4lefts - this is a stack of 64 DSLR frames - done in registax5.

[4lefts]

thanks!

[Cschur]

Wow, I always like how you label the AR regions.

[Merlin66]

Well done!

Great presentation...

[Montana]

Fantastic pictures!

I had a good view yesterday as well although it was in between twigs from a tree, the atmosphere was the worst I had ever seen boiling madly.

Have you ever tried a UV/IR cut filter as well?

Alexandra

[Bizibilder]

Alexandra - I've never used any filters other than the Baader film, I'm going to treat myself to a #58 Green to start with and see how I get on with that. Hopefully it will improve the visibility of the surface granulation and enhance spot details.

[hunterknox]

Good choice. The difference between my #58 and continuum isn't huge but the difference between the #58 and plain white light is massive.

[Bizibilder]

The biggest difference between them is the price!!!

[markt]

Great shots!