Sun 1st August 12" Dob

[von Tom]

Hi all,

I managed to image the Sun this afternoon using a full aperture solar filter, the Canon EOS 550D and the Sky Watcher 12" Goto Dobsonian, manually tracked.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[Satchmo]

Nice shots, Tom. What type and brand of full aperture filter were you using ?

[John Hothersall]

White light images are still excellent even though everyone uses Ha scopes but these show great detail.

John.

[asimov]

Lovely images Tom!

[Derek Klepp]

Very nice Tom especially considering the manual tracking

[Shiraz]

top stuff Tom - very high res. regards Ray

[mswhin63]

Very nice Tom. Can't for the opportunity to get my DOB out one day.

[leon]

Great stuff Tom, I just love those crisp clean captures of our Star, well done.

Leon

[Matt Wastell]

Great stuff - you are getting better all of the time! Yeah!!!

[von Tom]

Thanks everyone. The seeing was relatively good. Mark, I used a sheet of mylar mounted on a flower pot dish as the full aperture filter.

Tom

[Satchmo]

So the yellow orange colour in the first two shots is synthetic ?

[von Tom]

Yes, shot in monochrome. With the auto white balance on the 550D, a colour shot comes out a bit redder.