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Solar disc April 15, 2023, Benjamin Law

Solar disc April 15, 2023

Solar disc April 15, 2023, Benjamin Law

Solar disc April 15, 2023

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Sun disc on April 15th, 2023.

How frustrating when the clouds followed the sun for an hour after everything is set up and ready to go....

With so many previous practices, I think I have figured out a way to produce high-resolution Solar disc images. Originally I have to produce a higher-resolution image using 2 panels mosaic with 2X Barlow. However realizing that the magnification of a Barlow actually depends on the distance from the Barlow lens to the camera sensor, I decided to put the Barlow lens closer to the sensor by screwing it directly onto the camera. The solar disc is not fitting perfectly in a single frame of my Apollo M-Max. My next project idea will be using this configuration to make a good quality timelapse.

Scope: Lunt60DS50, B1200
Mount: Sky-Watcher Solar Quest
Camera: Apollo M-Max
Barlow: Celestron Omni 2X
Shutter: 7ms, gain:219, Exposure: 90s; 135fps

Drizzle 3X

FireCapture, Imppg, Photoshop

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Solar disc April 15, 2023, Benjamin Law