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CoolhandJo
28-01-2025, 10:15 AM
The clouds have been constant so I took the opportunity to image the sun last week. I used Skymax 102 mak with generic solar filter on the aperature with 0.5 reducer and asi224 mc. I used 2ms exposure and 150 gain on asiar . Also used asiar to process the 1min video.

John W
28-01-2025, 11:51 AM
Good for first up effort Paul - keep experimenting with different settings.

CoolhandJo
28-01-2025, 05:03 PM
Thanks john. Its certainly different to deep space imaging.

I think the cheap entry level filter I use needs upgrading!

XENOBLADE2
29-01-2025, 02:08 AM
Great image Paul! Can't wait to see more solar images from you

Saturn488
29-01-2025, 09:46 AM
Fantastic for a first image mate!

There will be many more to come.

CoolhandJo
29-01-2025, 01:42 PM
Thanks so much for the encouragement! I must admit I enjoyed doing this more than I thought. I got bit by the solar imaging bug

CoolhandJo
29-01-2025, 01:45 PM
Thanks so much... I need to build up the courage to put my new filter on my askar v but im hesitant in case I damage it somehow.

:lol: