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Daytime Gear, Björn Hoffmann

Daytime Gear

Daytime Gear, Björn Hoffmann

Daytime Gear

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My first daytime astrophotograpy experiments! I like it. You can work in a t-shirt without gloves and flashlight, you save your sleep.. Only the targets are somehow limited. ;)

I prepared for the Mercury transit and did some first tests of my new solar filter and a used ALCCD-5L-IIc that I got recently.

Solar filter: Well, I made the wrong choice. I bought the ND3.8 photography foil from Baader. It is too bright for my Sony, because I need to go to 1/4000s and then I get shutter gradients. I will try with the a6000 next time, it can deactivate at least the first shutter. Also the CCD needs to go to 0.14ms, which is near to the minimal limit. I am also afraid that I damage my sensor.. I don't understand for what this foil was made, because my telescope already has f/13.

CCD: First tests were successful, but nothing good enough to show here. ;)

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Daytime Gear, Björn Hoffmann