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John I found this https://www.amazingsky.com/EclipseBook . Might be worth an $11 investment given how often these events come along. I found this via the astrobackyard website https://astrobackyard.com/how-to-photograph-a-solar-eclipse/#:~:text=As%20a%20review%2C%20a%20solar,a%20particular%20point%2...

John

A search on Astrobin for 'solar eclipse' gives many pages of images. Searching through these will give you some ideas for capture. Look for the ones that are 'Image of The Day', 'Top Picks' or have many 'Likes'.

https://www.astrobin.com/search/?q=solar+eclipse

Dave

John Try the site http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ . Selecting an object (via Messier, NGC or IC), Telescope, Camera and Barlow/Reducer will allow you to make informed decisions about what can be captured by a particular combination of equipment. M51 = OK, M42 = not so good. Dave As...

Bob I think you are getting there. I know what you mean about the skies, I had the weather problem the other night in the UK at 53°N. Gave up on the 2x Barlow and ended up with https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7217 . Remember for Jupiter: set gain to 70 (or 80) with a barlow, 60 without...

brenski I have a couple of Super-Takumar lenses and have managed to get them working with a Canon 7d Mk2 and an Altair 183C (fan cooled). See https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=35432#p35432 post #42. The optical train for the above is: Super-Takumar 135mm f3.5 M42 lens + M42 to EOS adapte...

Thanks Peter. Any info on exposure, gain, number of frames and post processing would be helpful for anyone venturing into solar work.

Dave

Peter

Nice image, can you supply capture/processing details please?

Dave

Bob

Much better than your original image. See how it looks when the moon is not about.

Dave

Captured 24th November 2023 with a 97% waxing moon located close to Jupiter. Saturn was heading towards the murky skies above Manchester. The planet disks were very unstable and with a 2X Barlow looked like they were being beaten with a hammer. The poor atmospheric conditions I later tracked down to...

Menno

Managing to capture the outer shell on M57 is quite an achievement in my book. Interesting observation that processing the data again after 2 years gives a big improvement. I have found that processing knowledge/skills do evolve over time.

Dave