A total beginner image of the Sun

[Piero]

Last Saturday, I had a lovely session observing the Sun. There was a group of sunspots located in the South Hemisphere. They were really pretty and five of them were surrounded by penumbra regions. This group was compacted and the image of dark spots, penumbra and the solar surface seemed quite artistic. It was a shame to not bring something at home from that moment. So I decided to take a photo of it 

Details : 

- TV60 + Lunt Herschel Wedge + Nagler 7mm + Orion Green Filter #58

- LG Nexus 4 

- Manfrotto light compact 3 way tripod

- auto exposure

- my hands holding the phone

I adjusted the colour curves using Gimp here before converting to grey scale. 

[Tyson M]

Nice images. I too am a beginner sun imager. Phone for me as well. Thanks for posting 

[Stu]

That has come out very well Piero. I've done this a lot myself do I know it's not easy!!

Not sure which phone you have, I have an iPhone and there is an app called ProCam which gives you better control of focus and exposure, works quite well.

Stu

[Ewan]

It's from this start Piero that things just get better & better, good beginnings keep it up.

Better start saving as once you get the Solar bug your wallets never full again, I blame Luke for my kit :-)

[Piero]

@Stu. Thanks for the suggestion! I have an Android phone. I will have a look whether I can find that app or something similar for Android.

@Ewan. Thanks for the warning . I am a solar enthusiast, whereas my main interest is DSO observation. This was more a quick try than a first attempt though!

[Davey-T]

Excellent images Piero, marvels of modern technology, I new it must have a use 

Dave

[Pete Presland]

Excellent especially for a camera phone.

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[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice afocal shot. Very good start

[laudropb]

Very good images. It's amazing what you can achieve with modern technology and a bit of skill. Thanks for posting.

[Montana]

A terrific image :) you'll be hooked now

Alexandra

[David Smith]

Nice shot.

[Chris]

Better than what I managed with a DLSR afocally, excellent for a phone well done!

[Piero]

I asked a close friend of mine (thanks Glyn!) if he could kindly play with the it.

Eventually the image below came out.  

Although the quality is surely limited due to the way the original image was taken, I find amazing that details on the corona are visible in that way! And all of this using a phone! 

All this is really cool!