Sun In White Light 3-8-2014. 07:00 BST

[Steve Ward]

Beautiful out there first thing , well worth skipping a lie-in for ... 

Needed a big ol' bit of blue to catch this lot ... 

Full Resolution ... http://www.astrobin.com/full/111060/0/?real=&mod=

1000D + Tal 100RS + 1.4 x Barlow + ND3.8 + OIII.

1/160s @ ISO 200 , 51/100 , PIPP , AS!2 , Reg 5.1 , Gimp 2.8.

SPC900NC Mono + Tal 100RS + 2 x Barlow + Scopium wedge + Continuum + UV/IR Block.

SharpCap , PIPP , AS!2 , Reg 6 , iMerge.

Day by day album ... http://www.astrobin.com/users/steveward53/

187/215 ... 

[JB80]

I couldn't manage to skip that lie in today.

Top shots though Steve!

[David Smith]

Me either Jarrod! Nice shot Steve, definitely made the most of the good seeing.

[Space Cowboy]

Very nice!

[Luke]

Very nice, Steve

Up early for me today too, though I chickened out of observing last night.

[Bizibilder]

Well done - early was best today.

[szymon]

Very nice!

[Johan L]

Very impressive results with the dslr!  You dont seem to have any problems with field curvature? How much of the chip is being used?

[nightfisher]

lovely image steve, i must get round to doing some more white light solar

[Steve Ward]

Very impressive results with the dslr!  You dont seem to have any problems with field curvature? How much of the chip is being used?

Hi Johan ,

Pretty much all of it but still leaving a little 'wiggle room' for rapid and less than accurate PA ... 

Here's an untouched full frame sub from the 1st , just reduced to 875x583 jpg to show the disc on chip.

[Johan L]

How many pixels is the chip? You seem to have very good focus over the chip with no visible field curvature. Thats great

[Steve Ward]

3888 x 2592 on the Canon EOS1000D ... and the Tal 100RS is run at f14 which probably helps along with the very fine focus adjustment that comes from using a USB controlled motor focuser ... 

[Pete Presland]

excellent as always, so many small sunspots at the moment!

[Montana]

Beautiful! I really enjoyed the close ups :)

I didn't lie in either, I woke, rushed downstairs and started setting up, however it took me 20 minutes to find the Sun, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't find it, I have never been so stumped in all my life. When I finally found it the clouds started rolling in after shot 3!

Alexandra