SOL 25th November 2020

[Anth10]

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]

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]

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

[h0ughy]

Nice one

[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! :thumbsup:

[Anth10]

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.

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

Thankyou Eris,
Appreciate your comment.

Ta h0ughy


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