Shooting @ Sun (DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF!)

Wai · 16th January 2003

First attempt at shooting the sun, with EOS D30 and BlueStrike's 500mm f8 mirror lens (Thanks!)

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Extreme caution has to be taken when photographing and observing the sun because one mistake in the process can lead to permanent blindness For this reason alone I do NOT recommend direct solar photography to the novice photographer or novice amateur astronomer.

a special solar filter was used and these were taken near sun set (around 6.30pm) and it was thru the windows from my office, therefore they aren't really sharp....next try will be outdoor shooting with a proper telescope during noon

franciskc · 16th January 2003

will it by any chance able to capture the ring/loop created by the magnetic field at the surface of the sun?

togu · 16th January 2003

Already told you, it's time to clean your CMOS....

Wai · 16th January 2003

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Originally posted by franciskc
will it by any chance able to capture the ring/loop created by the magnetic field at the surface of the sun?

something like this guy did?

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun.html

SniperD · 16th January 2003

wah... can see 3 - 5 sunspots...

what's this mirror lens ?

Wai · 16th January 2003

more...taken 2 hours ago....

Wai · 16th January 2003

All colour channel

blue channel only

green channel only

blue + green channels convert to grey scale

this time all taken with CP4500 + Stellarvue 500mm scope + 28mm eye piece + 2x barlow

next try will be with a high power eye piece....or a high power scope

SMM · 16th January 2003

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Originally posted by franciskc
will it by any chance able to capture the ring/loop created by the magnetic field at the surface of the sun?

The magnetic field you are talking about is solar flare, right?

If you go to www.space.com you can see 24 hr solar activities. pretty

site

Wai · 18th January 2003

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Originally posted by SMM

The magnetic field you are talking about is solar flare, right?

If you go to www.space.com you can see 24 hr solar activities. pretty site

http://www.astro-nut.com/sun.html

this site also lots of amazing pic too...updated constantly

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Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,122	All colour channel blue channel only green channel only blue + green channels convert to grey scale this time all taken with CP4500 + Stellarvue 500mm scope + 28mm eye piece + 2x barlow next try will be with a high power eye piece....or a high power scope __________________ We are HDD of PC & FT are MB add to storage; so PC never hangs with enormous storage capacity - LKY

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