"First Light" sunspots & facula, 4-16-11

Posted by elrenoro
on Friday, April 22, 2011

First astroimaging session with new Orion SkyQuest XT8g 8" Dobsonian.  Shot from our patio in Grapevine, TX, April 16.  Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS @ ISO 100 using Blue Fireball Variable Eyepiece Projection T Adapter coupled with a Meade Series 4000 20mm Super Plossl.  Solar filter: Astrozap/Baader AstroSolar Safety Film.

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