Sun In White Light 18-06-2013. 06:30

[Steve Ward]

Evening all , just finished an interesting exercise that started first thing this morning ....

Very thick hazy sky as he appeared , but very stable air and great seeing . . .

Had to get a little creative to get a sensible looking disc on screen and drop the exposure from the usual 1/800s right down to an average of just 1/40s . . . !!!

Luckily the seeing was good enough to let me get away with it .... just ....

First set of ninety at 1/25s - 1/40s , second set from 1/40s - 1/60s , selected 40 from each set then did the multiple sub-stacking routine .

1000D + ED80Pro + ND3.8 + 1.8 x Barlow + OIII.

1/25-1/60s @ ISO 200 , 40/180 , Reg 5.1 , Gimp 2.8.

Day by day album . . . http://www.astrobin....rs/steveward53/

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice. Lots of interesting stuff going on

[ilove1995]

Good shot Steve. Nice to see lots going on the Sun.

[Bizibilder]

Sounds like it was quite a struggle - but well worth the effort to get that image.

[DrRobin]

Nice to see a few more juicy sunspots for thw white light brigade. Very nice capture under very difficult conditions Steve.

Robin

[Steve Ward]

Just to add that I shot them at 06:30 and then drove up to Wisbech , did a days work , drove home , and then did the processing ... it didn't take thirteen hours to sort . . .

[scoobee]

liking the image, well-done.

[allcart]

That was a worthwhile excercise Steve. Nice clear pic.

[Montana]

Wonderful capture and a wonderful subject

Alexandra

[David Smith]

Lots of activity all of a sudden. I just need a break in the cloud now.

[AstroWolvy]

an other nice disc

[JamesF]

Very nice image, Steve.

James