11 September 2016

[mrjolly]

Had another go at imaging on Sunday, and only just got around to processing the results. I managed to achieve focus with the Lunt 50 and DMK41 screwed directly to the blocking filter thanks to a C-T thread adapter (and thanks Macavity for the tip-off on that!)

I haven't yet worked out why the center of my discs are darker as I deliberately moved the sun into the sweet spot and I think I've overcooked the processing on the images as there's a strange ring around the sun but apart from that I'm happy with how things are coming on. I think I'm starting to prefer solar imaging to DSO!

For my next trick I might try properly centering the sun so I don't chop the bottom off......

 

And I played around with a negative as it seemed to bring out a bit more detail of the main prominence:

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice capture. The big prom is showing nicely

[Pete Presland]

Superb disc's.