Missed "The Monster" (White light resumed)

[Macavity]

Sadly "The Monster" passed by while my solar film was in the post! (Ordered  too Late!)
Replaced Baader Film in my MAK150 filter. And ignoring the dust at 11 o'clock... (ahem)

Hoping for BIGGER (and better)?  

[Macavity]

Tried to drag a few (even tinier) spots out kicking and screaming.
AR2532 longer exposure (200/2000) but full size and cropped... 

[laudropb]

Nice image of a small spot.

[Davey-T]

Very nice Chris, that spot looks a bit lonely

Dave

[David Smith]

It's a struggle when the spots are so small. Hopefully the new one will develop into something interesting.

[Pete Presland]

Nicely captured.

[Macavity]

(Emphatically) no *rocket science*, but I have always felt modestly proud of my "custom made"
white light filters. A veritable demon with commonly available *Hole Saws* + a bit o' MDF Light!
Quite a fun thing to do though? (Do be careful of MDF dust inhalation of course...) 

I now have one of those "Posh" Baader white light filters for my ED-66. They are [IMO] VERY nice!

 

My humble effort fits INSIDE the front cell of my MAK150 to give approx. 120mm aperture.
As yet undecided whether (ultimately) to go for an "internal or external" Baader for the MAK?

It seems anecdotal there is not much gained by going to more than 4-5" for white light?
A more compact (internal) size seems less prone to wind and accidental finger-poking! 
Either way, I sense there will be a modest amount of DIY work to get it to fit (safely). 

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[xtreemchaos]

any spots better than none, great shot mate.thanks charl.

[Debo]

The spot is small but at least you managed to get it, I haven't seen any sun lately.

I think the spot is roughly the size that mercury will appear as it transits on the 9th of May.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good capture of the little spot. It seems to have gone now. I also used to make my solar filters, but now got a ready-made Baader one:

That is for the C8. I use a Herschel wedge for the refractor, usually combined with a tri-band energy rejection filter from Beloptik (I am told there are only 6 of them). Mark Townley kindly made a mounting for that filter.