'First-Light' 60mm SolarMax + BF30 solar prominence image.

[Coleshill Astronomy]

Lots of cloud over the past few weeks.

The only opportunity I have had to use my new h-alpha scope (a Christmas present from my wife Sonia and an upgrade from my PST) was a few days ago, 9 January. I just had time to image some nice but small prominences before the low altitude Winter Sun hid behind a row of trees.

...Looking forward to clearer skies, a higher Sun and the longer days of Spring!

Dave

[hunterknox]

Someone must have been a good boy last year! Lovely prominence pics. Looking forward to seeing more from this setup.

[mattifor]

Nice pics,were they taken with your DMK31?

looking for a camera but dissapointed with results from my SPC800 and canon 400D.

[ollypenrice]

Great debut for scope and owner! I really like your stylish presentation here. Very classy indeed.

Olly

[Coleshill Astronomy]

@mattifor, yes the prominences were imaged using my DMK31 at prime focus. A big improvement from the images I captured previously with my SPC900NC.

@Olly, thanks... I like Photoshop 'layers'. An easy, fast way to nudge various elements of the image around till they look ok.

Dave

[sheri_barri]

Gorgeous first light and lovely presentation. The colouration is spot on for a 'fiery' solar limb!

[Stardust]

oh you lucky chap and cracking photos.

How much is a step up to a DMK camera from a web cam for something like the Moon?

[Coleshill Astronomy]

@sheri_barri: thanks... I've been using a PST for the past couple of years, so looking forward to making the most of this upgrade.

@Stardust: Purchasing the DMK31 was the best thing I ever did; a step up from an SPC900NC webcam which I used with my Coronado PST and 8" Meade. The improvement in sharpness and resolution is quite amazing, especially when imaging the moon.

Dave

[Stardust]

I was afraid you'd say that!

I'm playing with an old Atic which I think is just a modded web cam. I've had some results on Jupiter but not any great Moon shots. Granted I haven't had a lot of time with it but nothing stands out as a better image than the rest.

I'll have to look into this a bit more.

cheers

Dave

[ollypenrice]

I went from Celestron branded Toucam to DMK21. Erm... chalk and cheese. That is actually pretty hard on cheese, in my view...

Olly

[Stardust]

Thanks Olly

I think I'll start a new thread, don't want to hijack this one, would be nice to see some pics.