White light Sun, 5th April

[JamesF]

Well, it was something of an adventure getting the subs for today's image. The wind was gusting so much that my laptop screen was flapping back and forth and there was no practical way to shade it either from the wind or the Sun. Cloud cover was at about 50% too. I ended up taking double the usual frames just to be sure of having enough to stack.

So, 240 frames of 1/1000th @ ISO100 with the 450D and 127 Mak, preprocessed in PIPP and 50% discarded because of cloud, wobbles or total lack of solar image. Stacked the 50 best frames in Registax v6.

James

[stargazerslivingroom]

Well I think it was well worth the trouble...That is lovely, James and thanks for posting all the info...Really helps a struggler like me! Steve

[sologuitarist61]

Excellent!

[Steve Ward]

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[DrRobin]

Well worth the effort James, a superb shot. I had to wait nearly an hour until 6:30 to get mine, just processing now, at least the wind had died down.

Robin

[Bizibilder]

That wind should be dying down now (it was a real pain!). Tomorrow is looking clear too. Lovely image as always.

[fwm891]

Great shot James. I only took one image for my test, but there's a lot to be gained from more subs.... (need a bigger hard drive...)

[JamesF]

Forecast is good for all day tomorrow, so it looks like it might be worth getting out early when the air and ground temperatures are still low.

James

[David Smith]

Your made of stronger stuff than me James. I bravely decided not to attempt it today for the very same reasons that you described Worth the effort though as you have a fine image to show for it, well done.

[JamesF]

Your made of stronger stuff than me James. I bravely decided not to attempt it today for the very same reasons that you described Worth the effort though as you have a fine image to show for it, well done.

Thank you. I think it's probably fair to say that the conditions today were the worst I've ever attempted to image in.

James

[Montana]

Still a great image

Alexandra