First test of new ED80 at home in the daytime. More noticeable red ring on limb of the sun that my old APO. Sadly no sunspot activity to add interest. See also cropped version. Telescope - Skywatcher ED80 80/600 with no Field Flattener, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 85' x 127' , Ambient 29C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.8 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Testing solar imaging through borrowed (Andrew Lockwood) Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge. Unfortunately a promising morning turned into a cloudy afternoon! Consequently this was not as well focused as it could be and cloud is evident. There will be another day! Borrowed Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge with 2" Polarising filter installed on my ED80 - from Andrew Lockwood Telescope - Skywatcher ED80 80/600 with Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge, 2X 2" TeleVue PowerMate, Baader Polarizing filter, Canon 60D DSLR field 45' x 67' , Ambient ~30C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.9 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope (not in use) - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Testing solar imaging through borrowed (Andrew Lockwood) Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge. Having been clouded out the prior weekend, now that it was clear, there was no sunspot activity so didn't bother with polarizing filter. Borrowed Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge (no Polarising filter) installed on my ED80 - from Andrew Lockwood Telescope - Skywatcher ED80 80/600 with Lunt 2" Solar (Herschel) Wedge, 2X 2" TeleVue PowerMate, Baader Polarizing filter, Canon 60D DSLR field 45' x 67' , Ambient ~30C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.1.9 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope (not in use) - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software. Post processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2018.
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