SOL 25th November 2020

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Hi all,
Its been since the last transit of Venus that I shot the mighty orb but I plucked up the courage to revist by shooting the twin sunspots this bright morning at 9am using firstly a 40 sec grab with the zwo 290MM mini and then swapped over to the CANON 60D with UV/IR Cut at 1/5000 ISO 100 just to see the whole view as it stands at the moment.

In the past I've damaged (cooked actually) gear doing this but I was super cautious this time around. Once bitten....twice shy.

I applied a mylar filter (hand made ) over the apeture of my 10" Newt.

Cheers,
Anth

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Anthony,
Your first image is an excellent capture of the current AR's.
Well done!

[PeterM]

Well that is a super image of AR2785 & 2786. Thanks for sharing!

[Eris (Gerard)]

A very nice WL image of the two AR's Anthony. Well done!

[h0ughy (David)]

Nice one

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Good work there Anthony, capturing some beautiful detail in those spots. This may lead to a whole new avenue to explore and it won't interfere with your sleep! Well done!

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Originally Posted by Merlin66

Anthony,
Your first image is an excellent capture of the current AR's.
Well done!

Cheers Merlin- as I said I’ve had a go a long time back but was deterred after cooking my camera from a silly brain fade.. it is a wonderful sight our Sun.

Originally Posted by PeterM

Well that is a super image of AR2785 & 2786. Thanks for sharing!

Peter, Thanks for your endorsement, your work is amazing- AR’s are quite prominent at the moment-
PS your 3X Barlow is working well - thanks for your sell...(via Mick)
Cheers

Originally Posted by Eris

A very nice WL image of the two AR's Anthony. Well done!

Thankyou Eris,
Appreciate your comment.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Nice one

Ta h0ughy

Originally Posted by Mickoid

Good work there Anthony, capturing some beautiful detail in those spots. This may lead to a whole new avenue to explore and it won't interfere with your sleep! Well done!

Haha, Mick stuck at home why not have a go at Sol I say- with Caution...
I’m happy with the result and will be paying more attention to our near star.
Cheers