I’ve been watching a number of solar prominences come and go in recent days. Several seemed worthy of imaging. Unfortunately, when I went to grab my camera, I was unable to locate my Scope Tronix adapter. This was a bother, but I was too lazy to do anything about it. Until today, that is. Today, the Sun was sporting two pairs of large prominences on opposite sides of the Sun. This was more than even I could ignore

I knew that my adapter couldn’t be far… it’s always kept with my astro gear… err… with my photo gear… err. Well… I tore through everything and, there it was… sitting right where I put it… inside the case for my Coronado Solar Max 40

I brief play with focusing and I snapped the accompanying image. It doesn’t show all of the detail visible in the eyepiece. This is a shame as what I saw was quite amazing. Its also a shame because I’m aiming for much better. I’m still struggling with capture of the finer details in a number of types of images (planets & sun in particular). I suppose I’ll need to read up on things if I’m to overcome this (current) limitation.

Astro Photo Details:

* Designation: The Sun
* Magnitude: roughly mag -27 * Size: roughly 1/2*

Astro Photo Processing Details

* Sony DSC-F717
* 1/100s at ISO400
*PhotoShop CS2 Curves (mac version)
* Coronado Solar Max 40 Solar Telescope