Sun in white light - 26/08/2013 10:57

[cgarry]

This is my effort from this morning. It took forever for the clouds to clear and even then I was shooting through various levels of haze. As a result of this RegiStax really made me work hard to get the data aligned. But I more of less got there in the end...

The Sun in white light

26-08-2013 09:57UT Cambridge, UK

Skywatcher Esprit ED 120 PRO Triplet

Baader Herschel Wedge

Canon EOS 450D + 1.6x barlow

Sunspot AR1835

26-08-2013 10:39UT Cambridge, UK

Skywatcher Esprit ED 120 PRO Triplet

Baader Herschel Wedge

ASI120MM + 2.5x Powermate

Cheers,

Chris

[Steve Ward]

Well worth the effort on a tricky kind of day ...

[cgarry]

Thanks Steve. The working week starts for me tomorrow so I shall be back to following the Sun's progress through the images posted on SGL. Still, that is much better than nothing!

[Steve Ward]

Same here Chris , the problem for me now is getting a set in the bag before leaving for work , can't get a shot before 07:20 now and it's creeping away by the day ...

Soon be time to dust off the big pier again ...

[cgarry]

Ah, the big pier! Now there is a quality engineering solution.

[Steve Ward]

I'm hoping to up the game here with a wedge soon , the AstroEngineering one .

[JamesF]

Very nice close-up for less than ideal conditions

James

[cgarry]

Cheers James. The fast frame rate camera really helps there, having over 12000 frames from a 2 minute run means there is a good chance of there being 2000 or so decent ones for stacking. It really makes the DSLR's 1 frames every couple of seconds seem painfully slow.

Chris

[JamesF]

Cheers James. The fast frame rate camera really helps there, having over 12000 frames from a 2 minute run means there is a good chance of there being 2000 or so decent ones for stacking. It really makes the DSLR's 1 frames every couple of seconds seem painfully slow.

Yes, I do sometimes find myself wishing the DSLR would just get on with things a bit faster

James

[Sarah]

Very nice Chris.

Sarah

[Montana]

Absolutely beautiful and very crisp

Just be a little careful in sharpening with the little bright ring on the limb.

Alexandra