The proms in CaK were really bright this morning, and there were lots of them, so I decided to up the exposure and go for a prom shot. It also gave me the opportunity to try out a setup I intend using for the eclipse on March 20th; at the time I will be doing outreach, and so have decided to show views of the sun through the eyepiece in whitelight and also Ha, however I plan to record a timelapse of the eclipse in CaK light, showing its complete passage (weather permitting of course!) I shall image at the same scale as the image above, as this gives me some 'space' around the solar disk, which if someone nudges the scope I hopefully wont lose it out of the fov. I will ofcourse be using the excellent Hutech solar guider to make sure things are kept squarely in the field of view. This image is with the 40mm scope and a 0.5x reducer on the nosepiece of the DMK31 camera with the homebrew CaK filter.
Saturday, 17 January 2015
CaK Proms 17th January
The proms in CaK were really bright this morning, and there were lots of them, so I decided to up the exposure and go for a prom shot. It also gave me the opportunity to try out a setup I intend using for the eclipse on March 20th; at the time I will be doing outreach, and so have decided to show views of the sun through the eyepiece in whitelight and also Ha, however I plan to record a timelapse of the eclipse in CaK light, showing its complete passage (weather permitting of course!) I shall image at the same scale as the image above, as this gives me some 'space' around the solar disk, which if someone nudges the scope I hopefully wont lose it out of the fov. I will ofcourse be using the excellent Hutech solar guider to make sure things are kept squarely in the field of view. This image is with the 40mm scope and a 0.5x reducer on the nosepiece of the DMK31 camera with the homebrew CaK filter.