Solar Eclipse

[Mav359]

Hi guys

whats the best way to capture the eclipse?

I'm Thinking....... Panic for 5hrs before the event that everything is set correctly & then.......

I have a C9.25 with a hyperstar and a QHY8L in my head i am going use that setup to capture stills of the eclipse. The Dew shield i made accommodates my DIY solar filter  so i'm good there

I'm also thinking

My MAK127 SLT & my ASI120MC to capture the event

then i can stand back and watch through the binoculars, i'll make some filters up for them

Does that all sound do-able?

[nightfisher]

stick with one scope, best using a dslr if you have a canon plug it into laptop and live view while taking stills, this is how im hoping to go about it

[Mav359]

stick with one scope, best using a dslr if you have a canon plug it into laptop and live view while taking stills, this is how im hoping to go about it

I havent made a solar filter for my DSLR yet....... on it

[Stargazer33]

I'm going to use my 1100D (would astro modified or unmodified by best?) to take stills through my C8 XLT SCT and 0.63 focal reducer, with my Travelscope 70 & QHY5L IIc piggybacked on the main OTA taking video. I will also try and catch some of the partial eclipse with the solar glasses that came free with the S@N mag this month.

Both scopes will of course have ND5 solar filters on them and I will keep the finder scope capped.

[spaceboy]

What's the advice on attempting an image like this with out frying my sensor.

I have a UV filter on the front and I have a variable ND filter so would this enable me to get this sort of image with out damage ?? or is there another filter needed ??