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CapturingTheNight — The Sun First Light

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WARNING: NEVER OBSERVE THE SUN WITH THE NAKED EYE OR THROUGH A TELESCOPE, CAMERA OR OTHER OPTICAL DEVICE UNLESS YOU HAVE A PROPER SOLAR FILTER AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

This is my first proper try at imaging the sun through my Coronado PST (Personal Solar Telescope). It is a blend of two exposures. One for the surface detail and one for the faint solar prominances around the edge. You should be able to make out a number of sunspots across the surface. Seeing was not the best as there was a bit of wind about and the sun was getting low on the horizon.

This is very much a beginner shot. I know this is not very good at all but I hope to get much better at this over the coming months leading up to the solar eclipse and Venus transit next year.

I need to give a huge shout out to He is the master at this sort of thing. He has helped me greatly with advice to get to this stage. If you like this, do yourself a favour and checkout his awesome work.

23/09/2011
Canon 1000D
Baader Mark III Hyperion 8-24mm Zoom EP @ 16mm
Coronado PST
NEQ6 Pro Goto Telescope Mount
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Comments: 39

Bryd013 [2013-09-15 06:08:36 +0000 UTC]

Thought that was another planet for a minute... great shot though

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Bryd013 [2013-09-29 07:44:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Corvidae65 [2011-10-02 05:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic! I like that there is so much detail in it...I guess I expected a yellow disc with not much detail but this glowing orb has nice surface detail and maybe even a sunspot on the left. Nice work!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Corvidae65 [2011-10-02 06:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again I'm glad you like it. Yes that is a sunspot on the left side there.

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EllCeeBee [2011-09-24 20:09:15 +0000 UTC]

I've never seen anything like this - amazing! Nice work.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to EllCeeBee [2011-09-25 00:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

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Photosbykev [2011-09-24 11:25:13 +0000 UTC]

Good first light Greg

probably worth looking at using flats to reduce some of the gradients visible or something like the GradientXterminator plugin for PS.

I'd be well happy with this a first image Welcome to the light side of astrophotography.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Photosbykev [2011-09-25 00:56:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much Kev I'm really glad you think so. I'll have a go a correcting those gradients

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EmilioBrown [2011-09-24 02:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Great!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to EmilioBrown [2011-09-24 08:00:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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EmilioBrown In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-24 14:35:26 +0000 UTC]

you`re welcome

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Charles41 [2011-09-24 00:23:22 +0000 UTC]

Very cool.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Charles41 [2011-09-24 08:00:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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ZidanA [2011-09-23 21:41:00 +0000 UTC]

Unbelievable....you show this fantastic reality and thanks to your work, we can look at space and it's beauty for the new.
I always watch over your works, and they bring me happiness. Thank you very much

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CapturingTheNight In reply to ZidanA [2011-09-24 08:00:01 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad I can do them for you and you like them Thank you so much for the nice feedback.

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athoa-adelfi [2011-09-23 15:33:34 +0000 UTC]

You do not give yourself enough credit. It is a wonderful photo. Very well done.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to athoa-adelfi [2011-09-23 20:05:32 +0000 UTC]

Awwww Thank you Hopefully even better attempts soon.

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Tobizord [2011-09-23 15:32:48 +0000 UTC]

It reminds me of the yolk of an egg

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Tobizord [2011-09-23 20:04:10 +0000 UTC]

LOL Now you have made me hungry....

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princevlad39 [2011-09-23 13:05:30 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to princevlad39 [2011-09-23 20:03:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Joe-Lynn-Design [2011-09-23 12:21:48 +0000 UTC]

That's pretty amazing Greg!
Well done!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Joe-Lynn-Design [2011-09-23 20:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Carl Hopefully even better versions soon.

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Joe-Lynn-Design In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-23 21:03:05 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! You're welcome

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DanielHeydecke [2011-09-23 09:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow. To think that you don't need a NASA-probe to make such a photo. That is just incredible.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to DanielHeydecke [2011-09-23 09:50:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much Daniel I'm glad you like it. Hopefully much better versions soon.

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Gem-of-cali [2011-09-23 09:20:26 +0000 UTC]

So is it because of the equipment you use the sun is all yellow or is it really all yellow. NASA photos most of the time show the sun as a mosly red with a small amount of yellow. So does it depend on the equipment that is used or is there some other reason for the sun being a different color? I really like the photo a lot.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Gem-of-cali [2011-09-23 09:49:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks The colour is dependent on me. The scope I use is a Hydrogen Alpha scope which is really red to the eye/camera. It is best to capture in mono (black and white) and then put a colour layer over the image. Most people associate the sun with yellow so I tried to get a pleasing yellow colour. I hope to refine my colour process over time. I'm not entirely happy with how this looks.

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Gem-of-cali In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-23 09:52:10 +0000 UTC]

That helps. So maybe that is what NASA does. Add a color, I mean. They even had a blue sun in one picture they had.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Gem-of-cali [2011-09-23 09:56:10 +0000 UTC]

Different filters can produce different wavelengths of light. I know you can image with a Calcium filter as well and I think that one is blue.

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Gem-of-cali In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-23 10:16:33 +0000 UTC]

They were talking about some 3D pictures. That sounded interesting.

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The-Dude-L-Bug [2011-09-23 09:14:07 +0000 UTC]

Very cool.

I wish I had was sun scope.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to The-Dude-L-Bug [2011-09-23 09:44:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much I hope you get your hands on one soon.

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The-Dude-L-Bug In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-23 17:04:03 +0000 UTC]

LOL well it gives ya something to look at during the day...

plus anytime I get to visually study a plasma ball in action (especially one of that magnitude) it's a bonus.

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Reeves3 [2011-09-23 09:10:45 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Reeves3 [2011-09-23 09:44:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Lucy

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Reeves3 In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-23 18:20:32 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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Scorpidilion [2011-09-23 09:09:41 +0000 UTC]

nice shot

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Scorpidilion [2011-09-23 09:44:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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