Sun - 11am 31st Dec - afocal iPhone (Baader film)

[chops]

Here's my second attempt (following yesterday's first ever solar session) with Baader film and slightly enhanced via Photoshop Express in iOS.

I was trying to concentrate on the complex clustered area of sunspots near the 5pm lower limb.

How do you chaps, without specialised HA / solar scopes, get the orb aligned more easily than I'm managing with a standard scope? Do you make yourselves a 1" Baader film finder scope cover? I'm presently just using the finder scope (without putting my eye to it) and skewing around a little until I find the sun in the eyepiece.

[chops]

And a bit closer here, without colour applied.

I'm aware it's extremely amateur compared to most of you chaps but, hey, I'm enjoying myself and you may have some tips for both afocal iPhone imaging and simple iOS photoshop express post processing!

[chops]

I'm amazed by the pinned 'Solar Imaging Showcase 2013'... when are you collating your 2014 so I can continue gawping?

[Pete Presland]

some nice detail captured.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice, really good detail for afocal. You really nailed focus.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I'm amazed by the pinned 'Solar Imaging Showcase 2013'... when are you collating your 2014 so I can continue gawping?

I am pretty sure a 2014 showcase thread will materialize in a few days' time

[kirkster501]

Wow chops well done that's brilliant! Steve

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[Montana]

Beautiful images :)  

I have a little coronado sol finder to get roughly aligned first (any pin hole projection home made device would do) I then fish about for the solar disc in the eyepiece, sometimes it takes 10 seconds, sometimes I am there for 20 minutes!

Alexandra