First Image with Solar Setup (Kurt Zeppetello)

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First Image with Solar Setup

Link: http://astroquest1.blogspot.com/

First Image with Solar Setup

Link: http://astroquest1.blogspot.com/

Well, at long last I finally got my first image with my new solar set up. It is not great, looks slightly out of focus to me but that could be due to bad seeing, it was hot and humid and there were high clouds and I was imaging between waves of low clouds. But I am happy I got something. This camera much faster than the QHY5-II that I was using. I processed it combining methods described by Cuiv the Lazy Geek and Chuck's Astrophotography.

I was hoping to be much further a long at this point with solar imaging as I ordered this stuff at end of May in the hopes of imaging during the summer when I had time. Covid19 delays no doubt, but it is finally here. OPT is probably sick of me calling them, but then again I was rarely able to get anyone. Many people in this hobby are retired or semiretired and can spend a lot of time imaging and processing, I have a few more years before I can join the seasoned crowd. With that said we started our school year on a hybrid model so I will be extremely busy at least for the next month or two so astrophotography will have to take a back seat for a while. I do have a couple other images in the Que but don't know when I will have time to process them.

Solar Setup:

Telescope: Orion ED80 F7.5 Refractor

Camera: ZWO ASI178 MM

Filter: Daystar Quark Chromosphere

Tilt Adjuster: Daystar Interference Eliminator

Mount: Orion Sirius or Orion Atlas Pro

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