1st attempt (be gentle)

[Hadron]

I haven't had a lot of spare time recently for anything much astro related (work plus a 10 month old small noisy thing tends to keep me busy! ) however the yearning to have a go at imaging has been gradually gnawing away at me  .  Today I finally got the chance to have a crack at our nearest star in all her finery and these are the (admittedly meagre) results. For a first attempt I'm reasonably happy although I realise I've got a long way to go yet. This was taken using a ZWO ASI120mm camera, Lunt wedge, solar continuum and IR cut filters and a Celestron Travelscope 70 on an HEQ5 Pro mount.

Tips, advice and contructive criticism will be very greatfully received.

Thanks James

 

[Iainp]

Looks great. No criticism from me!

Iain

[Marky1973]

Yep great shot!

[Craney]

Nice work.

[johnfosteruk]

Looks good to me

[Tyson M]

Plenty of detail here, a great image!

[Ibbo!]

very good start

[Hadron]

Thanks chaps, it's a major confidence boost that you at least think I'm on the right track 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Excellent first image!

[Pete Presland]

A very respectable first image! Plenty of detail visible there. If you save it as a PNG or JPEG you can upload directly to the website so your image can seen in the thread.

[Hadron]

Thanks again, hopefully the image is now visible (apologies but computers aren't my strongest point  )

[xtreemchaos]

that a cracking image mate, wish my first looked as good. well done and welcome to the light side. thanks. charl.

[spaceboy]

The only critique I would have is that it's better than my first attempt