Today, I decided to have a go at imaging the sun. I was using an AstroZap AZ-1511 Glass Solar filter which is suitable for a 105-111mm telescope. The telescope I was using is normally one of my guidescopes, it is the Bressier Messier AR90s/500 and had it on the EXOS-2 Goto mount.
No polar alignment, only roughly pointing true north, and the mount then set for Solar Tracking speed.
Imaging done with Nikon Z50 camera and AstroPhotography Tools software.
Equipment Used
Bresser Messier AR90s/500 OTA
Bressier EXOS-2 Goto mount
Nikon Z50 camera
AstroZap Glass Solar Filter
3DPrinterd Nikon Z prime focus nose: https://www.dave-auld.net/2020/03/prime-focus-whats-that-all-about-making.html
Software
Astrophotography Tool: https://www.astrophotography.app/
PixInsight: https://pixinsight.com/
Space Weather for Sunspot Region 2778: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html#2778
Anyway, that will do for now!
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Dave
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