Whitelight through Bins

[Tac]

I recently purchased some Baader film and last night I set about crafting some cells for the Revelation Bins. Instead of the square box design I went for separate cells for each objective. I think it has worked out well.

Once I had my first light through them this morning I could not resist grabbing a point and shoot to snap what I could see. This is the unaltered JPEG (no RAW facility unfortunately). I have been having a tinker in GIMP and it's amazing the differences you can make even with a JPEG but as my processing skills aren't up to much yet I have not uploaded it.

[Tac]

Anyone have any suggestions to bring the detail out more in the image. I known it's not great or particularly detailed anyway but it's my first Solar image and I'm chuffed with it.

[Astrokev]

Hi Tac. What image software do you have? There's lots of things you could try in Photoshop or Elements. A tweak to the contrast would be a good and simple starting point, to try and bring out AR1176 more clearly. Nice image through bins though!

[Tac]

I have GIMP but don't know my way around it yet.

Is AR1176 the sunspot on the left?

Thanks I am pleased with it for a simple shot.

[Astrokev]

Is AR1176 the sunspot on the left?

Thanks I am pleased with it for a simple shot.

Yes, AR1176 is the active region on the left. You can identify spots on spaceweather.com

[Tac]

Yes, AR1176 is the active region on the left. You can identify spots on spaceweather.com

Cheers Kev I'll have a look at that.

Do you know of any iPhone apps for the Sun and active regions etc?

[jinstan]

Hi, Tac

What kind of filters are you using? Where to get it?

Br,

Jinsong

[NGC404]

Very nice set up with the bins

I,ve got some solar sheets on my 10x50s objectives

Just had a looksy, and there,s two Sun spots showing very clear near the centre

Lovely photo btw

[Tac]

Hi, Tac

What kind of filters are you using? Where to get it?

Br,

Jinsong

It's Baader Astro Solar Safety Film. It comes in a sheet 200mm x 200mm and you cut it to any size you like and make your own. The film cuts out 99.999% of light and allows you to look safely at the sun and be able to see sun spots etc. You can use it with binoculars, telescopes and cameras but always in front of the objective.

I got mine from FLO here

[Tac]

Very nice set up with the bins

I,ve got some solar sheets on my 10x50s objectives

Just had a looksy, and there,s two Sun spots showing very clear near the centre

Lovely photo btw

Thanks I like it a lot. Keep having a play in GIMP!

[jinstan]

It's Baader Astro Solar Safety Film. It comes in a sheet 200mm x 200mm and you cut it to any size you like and make your own.

Thanks for the info. The picture shows it is more likely to be a A4 or 200mm X 300mm size.

[george7378]

Hi - you could always take a video and put it through Registax - that always seems to improve Sun pictures.

[Tac]

Thanks for the info. The picture shows it is more likely to be a A4 or 200mm X 300mm size.

Yeah I think it's 200x290 looking at it now. It's not quite the full size of the packaging but not far off.