First Ever Solar image

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

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 (John Wilkinson)]

Good for first up effort Paul - keep experimenting with different settings.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by John W

Good for first up effort Paul - keep experimenting with different settings.

Thanks john. Its certainly different to deep space imaging.

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

[XENOBLADE2 (Shiv)]

Great image Paul! Can't wait to see more solar images from you

[Saturn488]

Fantastic for a first image mate!

There will be many more to come.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Saturn488

Fantastic for a first image mate!

There will be many more to come.

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 (Paul)]

Originally Posted by XENOBLADE2

Great image Paul! Can't wait to see more solar images from you

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.