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Old 08-07-2014, 04:07 PM
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Spotty sunrise over Brisbane!

Hi all,

After taking some sunspot images yesterday afternoon, I was thinking that it would be nice to try and capture the spotty Sun at sunrise, and then I thought it would be even better if that sunrise was behind the city buildings... So after a bit of time studying Stellarium and looking at maps, and then a quick reconnaissance drive yesterday evening looking at possible locations, I settled on Green Hill Reservoir as a suitable location.

I got up there just as dawn started this morning, and took some panoramas of the city. Then, with the camera still in position on the tripod, I added a Baader solar filter and captured the rising sun with exposures every 3.5 minutes.

I managed to pick the location perfectly (with the Sun rising right in the middle of the city!), and the weather cooperated beautifully, so I'm pretty happy with the result!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen
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