Partial solar eclipse 25/10/22

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Manual tracking with a solar finder and solar filter equipped Skymax 127 mounted on a Skywatcher AZ5...

Taken with a hand held Samsung S6 via a Vixen NPL 30mm eyepiece:

10:20 am:

 

11:15am:

 

11:45am

 

 

I had plans to set up a tracking mount, DSLR etc but true to form, slept in... 🙄

 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2022 by ScouseSpaceCadet
Reposted pics with enhanced contrast.

[Stu1smartcookie]

Fantastic  images 

[IB20]

Lovely! This is probably my best of the morning, decent conditions and really lucked out. 

Single handheld iPhone 11 image taken in Halide App and RAW image processed in Lightroom.

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

7 minutes ago, IB20 said:

Lovely! This is probably my best of the morning, decent conditions and really lucked out. 

Single handheld iPhone 11 image taken in Halide App and RAW image processed in Lightroom.

A better phone and decent processing skills made a difference there mate. Great! 😀

I just took loads of snaps and cropped the best... Then had to bluetooth them to my primary phone, a Moto G8+. I can never get my Moto camera lined up with the eyepiece, hence I keep the old S6, that also doubles as my AZGTI controller.

 

[IB20]

The chunky eye guards and eye relief of the XWs really help cos I just balance it on top and yes, I snap loads too! I want to upgrade my phone cos the new Google pixel cameras are incredible.

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

3 minutes ago, IB20 said:

The chunky eye guards and eye relief of the XWs really help cos I just balance it on top and yes, I snap loads too! I want to upgrade my phone cos the new Google pixel cameras are incredible.

Inspired by your pic I have reposted mine after a try at processing using the Google Photos editor... I think they look a bit better...