Solar June 4th

[Galactic Wanderer]

Unfortuantely, I could not stack the images i took because Registax was constantly crashing and "not responding" so here are some single images. Does anyone know how to make the disk sharper?

[David Smith]

Good effort. Focus is key and very difficult at the minute with very minimal detail on the disk. I plug my DSLR into my laptop and use the live view function so I can focus using a bigger screen. Even then, with no spots it is very difficult to judge. The other thing I would check is your exposure as the disk looks very bright. With my 1100D and 120mm scope I regularly use 1/4000th second exposure.

[Lowjiber]

Nice effort.  Thanks for the share.

I agree with David, it looks over-exposed a bit.

Clear Skies

[Pete Presland]

I would say a little over exposed as well, tricky to get things right with so little surface action at the moment.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

As others have said. Focus is the main issue. There are some spots coming around the corner, so that will make things easier (and more interesting)

[Davey-T]

Hopefully something will come around to focus on, you chose a really bad week to start solar images.

Have you got a Barlow ?

Once focused try cutting exposure time to start with a really dim image and gradually increase exposures to find a sweet spot, just take single images and make a note of the settings.

Dave