First Light for a New White Light Setup

[astro_al]

Testing out my white light imaging setup now that my focuser adapter arrived from Starlight Instruments after a year wait.

Seeing was not too bad Saturday, much worse Sunday. Need to increase my image scale a little. Currently at 0.4”/px.

Setup worked well though. Nice to have the motorised focuser and the mini PC was easily up to the task of capturing data from the ASI178, although working at around 1024x768. Looking forward to getting out more as the weather improves.

 

 

[Pete Presland]

Very good 1st light there, some love detail in and around the Umbra and Penumbra.

[Pete Presland]

P.S might get more  responses if this is moved to the Solar Imaging section 

[astro_al]

47 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

P.S might get more  responses if this is moved to the Solar Imaging section

Thanks Pete. I guess I don’t think of myself as an imager just yet  
 

[Pete Presland]

9 minutes ago, astro_al said:

Thanks Pete. I guess I don’t think of myself as an imager just yet  
 

Trust me, you are definitely an imager. There is some really detail in the Penumbra on both those spots, very nice! 

[Floater]

Well I certainly am not an imager/AP guy at all … but I know good solar when I see it!

Excellent stuff. Thanks. 👍