Solar imaging?

[ApophisAstros]

i am looking at getting into Solar and wondered if i could use any ccd or cmos camera say on a Lunt LS50THa?

Roger

[carastro]

Solar is like Planetary, use a webcam for it.

Carole 

[ApophisAstros]

Cheers Carole,

something like this , i have seen images on Astrobin with it ?

Planetary Cam

Roger

[MoonNut]

Hello Roger,

 That is the camera I use, on a Lunt LS60Tha with a B600 Blocking filter, I bought the scope in 2012 and used a Phillips SPNC9000 web cam then bought the ZWO in 2014.

I have had hours of fun with the whole set-up and although I am not an imager by any stretch I have made some nice images over the years (I am sure you will do faaaar better!)

I use Sharpcap for the capture, Registax for processing and a final tweak using Fast Stone Image Viewer for colour etc. and to save as a JPG or BMP if required

Here are a few examples from 2015, 2016 and last Saturday

 

Edited February 10, 2020 by MoonNut

[newbie alert]

A planetary cam is perfect, high frame rate avi or ser file..and as long as it's mono, no point on a colour cam

[Owmuchonomy]

The problem with imaging and the LS50 is the poor helical focuser.  Check the Solar part of the forum for mine and several other threads on this topic.  It's not a show stopper but it's not the most forgiving set up for taking images.