youtube video on solar observing by Nick Howes

[durr]

For anyone who is just starting out on solar observing Nick Howe’s has made seven small videos which explain quite a lot about the black art of solar observing. These videos will answer a lot of your questions and steer you in the right direction, with many useful ideas and tips to make observing in the sun a bit more comfortable. I wish I had seen these earlier. Steve

[kev 102 42]

very good..kev

[russ]

Excellent video.....which then lead onto another and another and another....before i knew it my lunch break had gone. And i hadn't even eaten my lunch!

[Psychobilly]

Indeed working my way through them...

[astroshot]

Good videos. Nice work Nick.

[NickH]

Just seen this thread. thank you guys

We shot almost all of it in one take, no scripts etc, so was a bit of a challenge.

[durr]

Nick, I think this set of videos should be a sticky. The videos would help newbies out by giving them a glimpse of what to buy and what is possible with the type of solar telescopes available to the amateur. Steve

[RayGil]

Found them really useful, well done! least I know which direction to go in now. (Cap Doffed)

[NickH]

Just a general question. These kind of "walkthrough" videos, if I and others were to do more, would they be useful. I could expand on the solar imaging one easily, but also maybe do one on EQMOD and other topics...

Anyway...huge thanks for the feedback.. I hope that AN and I will produce some more like this

[durr]

Nick, most definitely. Steve

[Emz]

Pleased to see this feedback on the videos :-D

All shot in just a few hours and hardly any editing required thanks to Nick's fluency!

Definitely hope to do more of this in the not-to-distant future...!

Emily

[NickH]

I think it was the coffee breaks that helped re-focus the mind...

[Mark at Beaufort]

Nick

The videos were very informative and enjoyable. You have a relaxed presentation so you don't feel you are being overloaded with technical detail.

I think additional videos would always be welcome. Perhaps one day you might produce a PST modification video.

Mark

[chrisshillito]

I could expand on the solar imaging one easily, but also maybe do one on EQMOD and other topics...

Oh I do like the idea of an EQMOD video ....

Chris.

[NickH]

I bet :-)

[dogfish]

Hi Nick

Just seen these and I'm well impressed, Be great to see more of these 'walkthrough' type videos (EQMOD, image processing, PST mod, etc).

Cheers, Martin

[peter shah]

super vid nick....very well done and easy to understand, was that a finger print i saw on the front of your Baader filter

[NickH]

It was...and as you can see didn't affect the image :-)

Thank you everyone, it's given me confidence to work with AN on a few more we have planned!

[Technobill]

Nice set of Tutes there Nick. I have already sent the link to one friend who was interested in solar stuff but is on the other side of the country so couldnt drop in to see my gear.

Effort Appreciated

[dmahon]

Thanks - even more for me to read/watch!

[Euan]

Great videos, I could watch hours of this kind of stuff

[NickH]

Thanks again

Just posted up a correction to one statement I made, which was my fault..

Etalons produce (and after reading lots on this I should have known) passband peaks and not sidebands Fabry?Pérot interferometer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Too much audio domain :-)..

[ampleamp]

watched these the other night and was sufficiently inspired to have a go today as no work, i was rubbish (couldn't achieve good focus) but now have the confidence to try again and of course i can refer back as required.

thanks Nick, i would also welcome further walk throughs

[michaelmorris]

Really great videos Nick - Short, sweet and punchy. Thanks.

[michaelmorris]

Well I've just looked the processing techniques you suggest in the 7th video and I must say that I like the 'adjust shadows and highlights' step a lot. Thanks for sharing.