Sun - 23th January 2009

Solarmax 90/BF30 First Light

First I thought the filter is damaged... :-( ....only a red disk, without any structure or flairs...

Optic	Pentax 100 SDUF with Televue 4xBarlow (f=1600mm)
Mount	TS-Astro 5 unguided
Camera	Canon 5D (not modified)
Exposure time	1/160s at ISO 800
Processing	Photoshop
Date / Time	23th January 2009 / 10:40 UT
Location	Wiener Neustadt
Notes	Solarmax 90 with BF30 without TMAX

Optic	Pentax 100 SDUF with Televue 4xBarlow (f=1600mm)
Mount	TS-Astro 5 unguided
Camera	Canon 5D (not modified)
Exposure time	5x 1/240s at ISO 250
Processing	Photoshop
Date / Time	23th January 2009 / 10:38 UT
Location	Wiener Neustadt
Notes	Solarmax 90 with BF30 without TMAX

Optic	Pentax 100 SDUF with Televue 4xBarlow (f=1600mm)
Mount	TS-Astro 5 unguided
Camera	Canon 5D (not modified)
Exposure time	1/40s at ISO 250
Processing	Photoshop
Date / Time	23th January 2009 / 10:38 UT
Location	Wiener Neustadt
Notes	Solarmax 90 with BF30 without TMAX - image cut / 100% zoom

 

But than I looked at http://www.spaceweather.com/ and I was lucky! There are no structures on the sun today!

Image of SOHO from 23th January 2009

I'm still waiting on the mechanical adapter, so I had to improvise...

Manfred Schwarz