A test of a my homemade solar filter adaption to test the solar image quality of my humble achromatic guidescope. The filter and the scope work quite acceptably, certainly well enough to try it for the coming partial solar eclipse in 4 days. See also cropped version. Telescope - Orion ShortTube 80 f/5 with Thousand Oaks 72mm DSLR Black Polymer solar filter reducing aperture to 65mm f/6.2, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 127' x 191' , Ambient ~24C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - none.
A test of a my homemade solar filter adaption to test the solar image quality of my humble achromatic guidescope. The filter and the scope work quite acceptably, certainly well enough to try it for the coming partial solar eclipse in 4 days. Telescope - Orion ShortTube 80 f/5 with Thousand Oaks 72mm DSLR Black Polymer solar filter reducing aperture to 65mm f/6.2, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 127' x 191' , Ambient ~24C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - none.
A test of a newly acquired solar filter for my DSLR in preparation for a partial solar eclipse in 4 days. See cropped version also. Canon 400D with an 18-200mm IS lens (at 200mm f/5.6) and a Thousand Oaks 72mm DSLR Black Polymer solar filter, Ambient ~24C
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