First Light DMK

[nigelg]

I decided to treat myself to a new camera for Solar Imaging, as quite a few of you are getting good results with the DMK 41 this is what I bought.

I have a few Dust Bunnies to locate and exterminate, but I am happy with the first image.

810 frames in .avi through my Lunt 60 Tha.

Nigel

[dtr42]

love solar pictures , very nice indeedy doo

[Josh Wilson]

Amazing shots especially for the first shots. I do see a little bit of dust but it seems to blend with the picture. How many megapixels is the camera?

[Ibbo!]

Nice capture and wide FOV

I nearly went with the 41 but I got the 31 and wish I'd taken your route

[smerral]

Good first light! I went for the 31 too, mainly because it was a good second hand deal and I also wanted to use it for the planets. Ideally I would have liked the 41 and 21 but.....yes, it was down to money again....

[KE400]

Lovely image you captured Nigel, is this processed from one image or a mosaic? I'm asking as I have the 21 and would need to stitch a few images together to have the same FOV as your image shows.

[nigelg]

Thanks for comments.

The DMK 41 MONO is a 1.4 mega pixel camera. I didn't quite get all the sun in the fov. The surface and proms are taken at the same time, and are not combined images.

Nigel

[KE400]

Thanks for the info Nigel

[Montana]

An excellent first light!

I'm just wondering about the little blank patches on the disc, when you are looking at the image on the monitor, have a little play with the Ha tuning, you'll find that the image will darken when you get close to centre line and filaments on the surface will stand out more. I find tuning with a camera much easier than by eye as the camera can always sense this drop in light. If this isn't the cause, try reducing the exposure a little as these might be over exposed areas. I hope you don't mind the little tips.

Alexandra