It is a lot of fun to image the sun! I am new to astrophotography, I ordered solar sheets off amazon and made my own filter cap for my telescope. With this i can practice polar alignment and imaging basics more often. In the winter the weather here is -30c at night and a much nicer -10c during the day. Less cloud too. I have been having a blast!
@1:29 "So join me in my back yard under the deathly Australian hot summer Sun..." Sounds great Dylan. Today in Byron Bay I see it's 28C and 21C tonight, while here in Winnipeg it's -24C, tonight it will be-29C, and tomorrow will be -32C. Plus it's cloudy.
I became an amateur solar astronomer in ..... 1963 by projecting an image from my 1.25" refractor .... Now I also have one of these scopes. I was amazed to see you easily slide off the Cx telescope. I can hardly budge it!! I also have a PST.
Dude. So many of us slaying our night time hobby on the altar of solar imaging while getting baked. I’ve had 1 clear night in 40 days and I’ve just bought a new mount. Keep em coming.
Kind of glad you made a video about solar-photography. Been enviously watching Trevor and some others posting their amazing videos, and here I am, suffering from AP-withdrawals having had a single clear night since December 1st.
Using a PST requires patience and as it has a sweet spot, sometimes requiring averted viewing. the longer you LOOK THROUGH THE EYEPIECE the more detail you will see. I see filaments, plages, active areas as well as prominence detail. Some of my best "astro-photos" have been taken as single shots (no processing) with a basic holiday style digital camera at full zoom to avoid vignetting.
High Point, NJ. Home of High Point Scientific and High Point State Park. It's a ridge along the Shawangunk range with a memorial tower and great views of NY, NJ and PA. Nothing to do with "getting high." :D
Dylan, seriously.. the intro is getting louder every video!! I love it. Personally I'm fighting with ordering a solar telescope. I currently have a non-Ha filter and the sun seems rather boring. I think what'll push me over the edge is the increased solar activity in a few years! But as always, really, really great video. From ~1000 to ~30,000 subscribers so quickly.
Back in the 1970s I used a Pentax H3 35mm to take a b/w photo of the sun and the Transit of Mercury on a 6" F8 Newtonian scope - no solar filter. The primary mirror was not silvered, so only 4% of the Sun's light made it back to the diagonal mirror and on to the film and the primary focal plane of the telescope..
Solar astrophotography could be a kind of rehab for alcoholic astronomers... Or the end of the line if you dare to open a beer at 10 am! Great work as always Dylan!
High Point Scientific is located right next a state park called High Point, which does serve as a dark sky site for some club i can't remember. Sadly only got drunk there.
Not sure why I kept laughing all the way through the video! Maybe I read your tweet this morning and now I am seeing the image. Anyway, you got me some good ideas about the "Del Coronado"! Awesome as always!
High Point Scientific is based in Montague, New Jersey by the High Point State Park (which has the highest mountain in NJ). It just so happens that the Governor of NJ passed a bill which legalized Marijuana, which is even better! Now you can get high at High Point while doing astronomy with High Point Scientific equipment.
Back in the day (35 or so years ago) I used to project the sun on to a piece cardboard with my dinky 2.5 inch refractor it showed sun spots really well but thats about it. you could set fire to things to depending on where you projected the sun haha. Solar filters are definitly much more impressive though.
@@Antiath well me too I also live in Belgium! This day was completely fucking clear and the moment it got dark the motherfucking clouds started to role in and now it’s back to permacloud. I did manage to capture Mercury tho!
@@DylanODonnell thank you for the great content and motivation to push myself to collect better sets of data and learn to process them into scientific works of art. Although I want to deep dive into this addictive hobby I know nothing with this should be so frustrating that you can’t simply have a beer 🍻 and enjoy the clear skies 🌌. Edit: I just was gifted a celestron nextstar 130 SLT and saw the rings of Saturn with my own eyeballs 👀 for the first time at the age of 29. I know I need an equatorial mount for long exposure photography but that doesn’t mean I can’t mount my phone to the eyepiece and get some awesome photos of Orion.
Thanks for the Video ! All of us out here under Covid Lockdown are desparate for anything Astro related and we wait at out PC's for hours hoping for a new Video . LOL . Sad but true eh ? I see you are using AutoStakkert 2 and not 3 . Any reason ? I see Emil has confirmed a v4 will be released this year . Can't wait . Cheers . /SRK
I got ripped once thinking it would be fun to shoot but..... I couldn't remember how to use auto focus etc and so I went in and made a big plate of omelette, biscuits and hash browns to kill it and the went to image. Never again!!! But! After getting on target it was great!! Ha ja
You should try for an ISS pass of the Sun I managed it from my observatory using a Coronado scope using a Point grey grasshopper camera on the iMAC, unfortunately the MAC is nearly dead so I've been unable to try it again although I did manage it using a DMK41 & laptop but it dropped a few frames a higer speed camera would be better I guess.
Cool stuff mate I've gotta say that picture of the Lunt looks very similar to the Lunt35 I have, well when I say I have my other half has it on permanent loan lol
Nice work with tbe PST Dylan. I love my Coronado Ha scope. Look forward to your opinion on the Lunt as I am considering the same scope for travels on the little ioptron mount. The PST looks too cute on the CGX. If you need a solar tracking program let me know. I use LuSol guide which is ascom compliant and dedicated to tracking the sun and moon. It is no longer available for download as he appears to have shut down the site but the last version is solid.
Interesting, thanks! Yeh I’ll let you know if the mystery scope arrives. Seems to have a whole bunch of sweet lunt stacked upgrades and stuff you could never get with the PST too. I’m hoping it doesn’t have the banding either.
I feel your pain. My mount is doing major excursions in RA and I can't take decent images either. Time for a professional hypertune - but in the meantime I've been using my PST as well. (Oh, and did you just call one of your major sponsors a Ponzi scheme? LOL)
That image is insane!!!!!! I’ve been trying to get a good image with a pst for years, and never got anything close to that. But, you’ve convinced me to try again (if I can get my EQ6-R pro out from the garage that is blocked by a snowbank (thanks Canada)). In the past I tried with a dslr, but I’ll try the ZWO294MCpro this time. Worth a shot. Just need the sun to rise more than 20 degrees above the horizon (Canada!!!!)....
Nice shots of the Sun. I actually laughed out loud when I saw your scope setup in the observatory. The size comparison of the scope to the mount in the observatory is absurd.
I have just stumbled on this video, I have the Coronado PST40 as well, this video came along at the right time as I am trying to get my scope to focus with no success. I have tried with different eyepieces in camera adapters, 2x barlow, even tried the barlow lens on a camera adaptor with no luck. I have the IMX174 camera which has very simular specs to the ZWO174 I cant get it to focus either. Tried DSLR cannon1300d no luck with that either. I know this video was put up a few years ago but can you recall how long the adaptor and barlow that you used is? did you use an eyepiece in the adaptor? I have tried all sorts of adaptors, eyepieces, 2x barlows configurations and nothing has worked, I have also noticed that the scope wont focus with a camera connected using the focuser knob. You made it look too easy, just connect the camera and plug in the comp' and away you go, as if it was that easy for me I would not have bother you. What am I missing? Cheers Robert Vict'
@@DylanODonnell Thanks for getting back, much appreciated. I was fortunate enough to get an other reply through Ice In Space, where they shortened the eyepiece holder, as it is in two parts, and still maintained focus for visual and for camera work. I have yet to try it out because of cloudy weather. Cheers Robert
Oh Dylan, there is nothing special about being high on a mountain. Except to say you where "High" on the mountain. Woah, how did you know I have a pizza right now? Be careful Dylan, if you stare at The Sun to long; you will see Sun Spots everywhere.
Wow, I'm impressed with the PST. I've had a Coronado 70 since the 2012 Venus transit and this motivates me to give solar imaging a try. (but not today because its snowing, and I mean the type of snow that makes you cold, not high)
Epic!!! Coronado on the CGX in a dome... People at my work are looking at me like I have three heads cause I laughed too hard. Back to work! Astro equipment doesn't purchase themselves and I'm going to get fired.
I'm doing solar imaging ATM, hence why I watched your video! Awesome btw. 👌 But, erm, guess what I was doing while sorting out my filters and watching your video! 🍁😆
As far as I can tell there is no way to handover from CPWI to ASCOM but I haven’t delved very deeply. Other than that it looks amazing especially as a thorough replacement for the old virtual hand controller thing they used to use.
@@DylanODonnell Other improvements are just as impressive. Looks like a game changer for us who move our mounts occasionally. I can now combine CPWI with remoting into the controlling laptop for my CGEM DX etc. So many possibilities now!
Dylan, you shouldn't stress your mount like that! i had a PST, worked great then got a Lunt 60, i have an image of a flare taken with the PST and my smartphone that rivals dudes with expensive cameras. Having lots of time to play with the PST, i was able to really get every drop out of it.
You’ve now inspired me to try and capture the sun again. I’ve had a loan of a Lunt Solar Scope now for a while, but have struggled in capturing anything “good”. But I’m now keen to give it another crack. 👍🏼
Cheep solar filter for any telescope? 2 ply of Mylar space blanket over the end and your in business.. works on any scope. O and ps. I’m soooo jealous of your mount and setup. For me.. that’s a dream setup
Hey Dylan I have the cooled 174mm and 2x power mate but what is the connecting fitting to the camera I cannot get a good view of it.I have a shit of a time focusing the 174 on the PST,cheers
Lundt seems to be a quality established company so you'll be ok! another solar telescope 🔭 company is Solarscope which are made on the Isle of Man a rather obscure quasi independent island in the Irish Sea roughly halfway between England and Ireland.
Great image of our nearest star ✨ I'm new to astronomy and was interested in doing some solar observing but I only own a Dobsonian. Is it even worth getting a solar filter, or is the aperture (10") too large?
White light filters are pretty boring right now but it will get better closer to maximum. Combined with a solar continuum filter on the camera end you can get great results.
Hang in there.... ai got my PST a week *after* the Venus transit. Did I spot some Newton’s rings in your live view... you nailed them well in the final result!
You know Dylan...with so many cloudy nights, there's always radio astronomy :) ...and btw, with that little Coronado on that monster CGX mount, can you get 60 min non-autoguided subs? ;)
have you gotten a solar ISS transit yet? Its a pretty fun way to do solar photography while also adding that extra challenge. I know you've done the lunar but hadn't seen a solar ISS transit yet.
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Best High Point Scientific promo ever...."scuse me while I kiss the sky".
Hehe phew
Getting baked, a cold one, Astrophotography, and gettin laid under stars... just like Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet!
Our star is like a wife who cant get any attention from her hubby because he is always out late looking at other stars.
not to mention shes constantly trying to kill us
Only most people don’t know how to give make their wife have a coronal mass ejection. 😜
On the plus side, at least the warts you’re seeing on the sun are happening 8 minutes ago and not 5 mill light years ago.
Or watch the moon about a second ago
It is a lot of fun to image the sun! I am new to astrophotography, I ordered solar sheets off amazon and made my own filter cap for my telescope. With this i can practice polar alignment and imaging basics more often. In the winter the weather here is -30c at night and a much nicer -10c during the day. Less cloud too. I have been having a blast!
Damn that’s cold !
I love the idea of a bunch of baked astronomers now spamming HPS with astrophotography questions 😂 great video mate!
Hehe
I've had one clear night since December 2nd and I was drunk.
blurry drunk eyes syndrome (BDES)?
Looking good, Dylan! I'm usually on hold for the sun during December and January because it's too cold and the sun is too low.
First time I've watched and laughed at a paid promotion... TWICE!
😆
Now those were some equally sick beats :D
Hehe thx Helena 😆
Are you sure the mount can handle the PST 😆😆😆
It looked like a bodybuilder thats jacked from the waist down with skinny arms.
Only one counterweight, too. Dude lives on the edge.
oh hi!!!! remember me??!
Its A Small Telescope.. Perhaps The Computer in Mount Wont Notice The Payload😄😄😄
*POS
Dylan has fallen to the dark (or should I say light?) side.
@1:29 "So join me in my back yard under the deathly Australian hot summer Sun..." Sounds great Dylan. Today in Byron Bay I see it's 28C and 21C tonight, while here in Winnipeg it's -24C, tonight it will be-29C, and tomorrow will be -32C. Plus it's cloudy.
I became an amateur solar astronomer in ..... 1963 by projecting an image from my 1.25" refractor .... Now I also have one of these scopes. I was amazed to see you easily slide off the Cx telescope. I can hardly budge it!! I also have a PST.
I figure as I get old I'll just choose a big scope and leave it there.
Dude. So many of us slaying our night time hobby on the altar of solar imaging while getting baked. I’ve had 1 clear night in 40 days and I’ve just bought a new mount. Keep em coming.
Great video. Well scripted blending satirical humor and delivering an acceptable product at the conclusion while keeping the folks HPS happy.
Sounds like you've gone star-craving mad!
Groan 😆
As far as puns go, that was stellar
OMG you’re so right. You DO have the best comment section on RUclips. Lol. Great Vid Dylan!!!
Hehe it’s true
Kind of glad you made a video about solar-photography. Been enviously watching Trevor and some others posting their amazing videos, and here I am, suffering from AP-withdrawals having had a single clear night since December 1st.
Another great video, I actually LOL' ed a few times. Im on the Sunny Coast and have had nothing but cloudy nights since November.
Crazy right?
Using a PST requires patience and as it has a sweet spot, sometimes requiring averted viewing. the longer you LOOK THROUGH THE EYEPIECE the more detail you will see. I see filaments, plages, active areas as well as prominence detail. Some of my best "astro-photos" have been taken as single shots (no processing) with a basic holiday style digital camera at full zoom to avoid vignetting.
High Point, NJ. Home of High Point Scientific and High Point State Park. It's a ridge along the Shawangunk range with a memorial tower and great views of NY, NJ and PA. Nothing to do with "getting high." :D
Dude I love your videos thank you so much for continuing to post!
I haven’t watched your videos in a few months. I forgot how much I like them.
Thanks :)
4:43 That's f*cking hilarious. On the plus side, your mount looks sturdy enough 😉
This was so well crafted I watched it twice then rolled a Camberwell Carrot!
Hehehe
Enjoy your sense of humor... For me it's "Remember, its all about free entertainment"
Thanks Randy :)
Thats gotta be the best sideways to a sponsor Ive ever seen
Baked astronomy mountaineering . Could well be an Olympic sport one day !
I’m in
Dylan, seriously..
the intro is getting louder every video!!
I love it.
Personally I'm fighting with ordering a solar telescope. I currently have a non-Ha filter and the sun seems rather boring. I think what'll push me over the edge is the increased solar activity in a few years! But as always, really, really great video. From ~1000 to ~30,000 subscribers so quickly.
You keep turning it up ;)
Keep on blowing the smoke Dylan! Cheers. x
Nice first light with the Coronado!
That beginning was pretty strange. I've never seen Dylan snap like that before. I hope hes ok.
Back in the 1970s I used a Pentax H3 35mm to take a b/w photo of the sun and the Transit of Mercury on a 6" F8 Newtonian scope - no solar filter. The primary mirror was not silvered, so only 4% of the Sun's light made it back to the diagonal mirror and on to the film and the primary focal plane of the telescope..
why didnt you just put the pst on the celestron ? its just so small.
I normally do.. but I’m breaking it all down so 🤷🏽♂️
Great video! (Also did you buy a new lens or anything because it looks great)
Thanks :) no I just fluke the right settings sometimes 😆
Winter snow in Kingman AZ and is wrecking my beer budget.
I find it best to spark the bowl after SGP is up and running. Back focal distance on an OAG is impossible otherwise.
Lol
Solar astrophotography could be a kind of rehab for alcoholic astronomers... Or the end of the line if you dare to open a beer at 10 am! Great work as always Dylan!
High Point Scientific is located right next a state park called High Point, which does serve as a dark sky site for some club i can't remember. Sadly only got drunk there.
As a solar photographer, and one who has a PST for quick peeks, I'd say this is a fantastic first attempt, Dylan. Nice job.
Thanks!
Not sure why I kept laughing all the way through the video! Maybe I read your tweet this morning and now I am seeing the image. Anyway, you got me some good ideas about the "Del Coronado"! Awesome as always!
High Point Scientific is located near High Point, N.J. It's a town in New Jersey.
High Point Scientific is based in Montague, New Jersey by the High Point State Park (which has the highest mountain in NJ). It just so happens that the Governor of NJ passed a bill which legalized Marijuana, which is even better! Now you can get high at High Point while doing astronomy with High Point Scientific equipment.
1803 feet! Well, if you want to call that high, who am I to argue?
Yessss
This was hilarious. I watched it twice and had literal tears 🤣
The Coronado is a cool device. I have ground down my eyepiece sleeve to achieve focus directly.
Regards Andreas
Hello. Can I do digiscoping of the sun with Coronado PST and iPhone plz?
Back in the day (35 or so years ago) I used to project the sun on to a piece cardboard with my dinky 2.5 inch refractor it showed sun spots really well but thats about it. you could set fire to things to depending on where you projected the sun haha. Solar filters are definitly much more impressive though.
Never thought I'd see you use an eyepiece especially a fancy one like that. Lol I do feel your pain I haven't had telescope out since November.
It was very underwhelming.
Can't wait to see if that new scope arrives, the coranado seems a little too zoomed out for any useful detail alas.
Can’t wait !
I like doing science and getting high! Dylan, youre the best! :)
Thanks, I had wondered what the High in HighPoint Scientific meant!! All cleared up now! Where's my wallet, so I can support this wonderful business?!
Thats Who Ive Used From The Start😂😂😂They Are Great
8 weeks without stars? Yeah, about the same here in Belgium.
And I even just got trolled by the weather today. Beautiful day and then thick clouds just as you are about to start imaging. Classic...
@@Antiath well me too I also live in Belgium! This day was completely fucking clear and the moment it got dark the motherfucking clouds started to role in and now it’s back to permacloud. I did manage to capture Mercury tho!
Dylan I love the titles of your videos and sense of humor 😅
Thanks Will! 🍻
@@DylanODonnell thank you for the great content and motivation to push myself to collect better sets of data and learn to process them into scientific works of art. Although I want to deep dive into this addictive hobby I know nothing with this should be so frustrating that you can’t simply have a beer 🍻 and enjoy the clear skies 🌌.
Edit: I just was gifted a celestron nextstar 130 SLT and saw the rings of Saturn with my own eyeballs 👀 for the first time at the age of 29. I know I need an equatorial mount for long exposure photography but that doesn’t mean I can’t mount my phone to the eyepiece and get some awesome photos of Orion.
When Skies Are Cloudy at Night I Love Solar Observing and Some Bird Watching🔭👍🐦🐦
Thanks for the Video ! All of us out here under Covid Lockdown are desparate for anything Astro related and we wait at out PC's for hours hoping for a new Video . LOL . Sad but true eh ? I see you are using AutoStakkert 2 and not 3 . Any reason ? I see Emil has confirmed a v4 will be released this year . Can't wait . Cheers . /SRK
I heard about that! Yeh looking forward to the update.
"Mom...he's scratching his astronomy itch again!" Cheers, CS and GB from -17C South Dakota!
Really cool. Never tried it. I'd probably blow out my retina trying to do it, being half baked here in S Louisiana!
I got ripped once thinking it would be fun to shoot but..... I couldn't remember how to use auto focus etc and so I went in and made a big plate of omelette, biscuits and hash browns to kill it and the went to image. Never again!!! But! After getting on target it was great!! Ha ja
"Best comment section on RUclips" Most definitely!
The most fun astrophotography videos on RUclips 😂
Love it, great work! Now, get lost you damn clouds!!!
You should try for an ISS pass of the Sun I managed it from my observatory using a Coronado scope using a Point grey grasshopper camera on the iMAC, unfortunately the MAC is nearly dead so I've been unable to try it again although I did manage it using a DMK41 & laptop but it dropped a few frames a higer speed camera would be better I guess.
I’ve done it once :)
Cool stuff mate I've gotta say that picture of the Lunt looks very similar to the Lunt35 I have, well when I say I have my other half has it on permanent loan lol
Nice work with tbe PST Dylan. I love my Coronado Ha scope. Look forward to your opinion on the Lunt as I am considering the same scope for travels on the little ioptron mount.
The PST looks too cute on the CGX.
If you need a solar tracking program let me know. I use LuSol guide which is ascom compliant and dedicated to tracking the sun and moon.
It is no longer available for download as he appears to have shut down the site but the last version is solid.
Interesting, thanks! Yeh I’ll let you know if the mystery scope arrives. Seems to have a whole bunch of sweet lunt stacked upgrades and stuff you could never get with the PST too. I’m hoping it doesn’t have the banding either.
Nice photos man
That intro killed me
Glad to see the mount handled that scope. 😉
It was touch and go
I feel your pain. My mount is doing major excursions in RA and I can't take decent images either. Time for a professional hypertune - but in the meantime I've been using my PST as well.
(Oh, and did you just call one of your major sponsors a Ponzi scheme? LOL)
Hehehe good luck with your mount !
That image is insane!!!!!! I’ve been trying to get a good image with a pst for years, and never got anything close to that. But, you’ve convinced me to try again (if I can get my EQ6-R pro out from the garage that is blocked by a snowbank (thanks Canada)). In the past I tried with a dslr, but I’ll try the ZWO294MCpro this time. Worth a shot. Just need the sun to rise more than 20 degrees above the horizon (Canada!!!!)....
It’s not the best .. but some some heavy handed post processing it can work!
Nice shots of the Sun. I actually laughed out loud when I saw your scope setup in the observatory. The size comparison of the scope to the mount in the observatory is absurd.
Hehe
Solar imaging is kinda cool too, nice video
I think you need a bigger mount.
I have just stumbled on this video, I have the Coronado PST40 as well, this video came along at the right time as I am trying to get my scope to focus with no success. I have tried with different eyepieces in camera adapters, 2x barlow, even tried the barlow lens on a camera adaptor with no luck.
I have the IMX174 camera which has very simular specs to the ZWO174 I cant get it to focus either. Tried DSLR cannon1300d no luck with that either.
I know this video was put up a few years ago but can you recall how long the adaptor and barlow that you used is? did you use an eyepiece in the adaptor? I have tried all sorts of adaptors, eyepieces, 2x barlows configurations and nothing has worked, I have also noticed that the scope wont focus with a camera connected using the focuser knob.
You made it look too easy, just connect the camera and plug in the comp' and away you go, as if it was that easy for me I would not have bother you. What am I missing?
Cheers Robert Vict'
Try the 2.5x Barlow/powermate .. that was the only thing k needed from memory!
@@DylanODonnell Thanks for getting back, much appreciated. I was fortunate enough to get an other reply through Ice In Space, where they shortened the eyepiece holder, as it is in two parts, and still maintained focus for visual and for camera work. I have yet to try it out because of cloudy weather. Cheers Robert
Oh Dylan, there is nothing special about being high on a mountain. Except to say you where "High" on the mountain. Woah, how did you know I have a pizza right now? Be careful Dylan, if you stare at The Sun to long; you will see Sun Spots everywhere.
Don’t worry .. I’m smarter than the last president!
Wow, I'm impressed with the PST. I've had a Coronado 70 since the 2012 Venus transit and this motivates me to give solar imaging a try. (but not today because its snowing, and I mean the type of snow that makes you cold, not high)
Epic!!! Coronado on the CGX in a dome... People at my work are looking at me like I have three heads cause I laughed too hard. Back to work! Astro equipment doesn't purchase themselves and I'm going to get fired.
Same here in Brazil, about 8 weeks with no night stars... Be well, Dylan
I'm doing solar imaging ATM, hence why I watched your video! Awesome btw. 👌
But, erm, guess what I was doing while sorting out my filters and watching your video! 🍁😆
Would you consider doing a review/examination of CPWI or even a vid of why not?
As far as I can tell there is no way to handover from CPWI to ASCOM but I haven’t delved very deeply. Other than that it looks amazing especially as a thorough replacement for the old virtual hand controller thing they used to use.
@@DylanODonnell They now allow you to use the cpwi ascom to hand off tophd2, etc.
@@RandallKayfes Really! I've been waiting for that for so long! Good to know.
@@DylanODonnell Other improvements are just as impressive. Looks like a game changer for us who move our mounts occasionally. I can now combine CPWI with remoting into the controlling laptop for my CGEM DX etc. So many possibilities now!
Dylan, you shouldn't stress your mount like that! i had a PST, worked great then got a Lunt 60, i have an image of a flare taken with the PST and my smartphone that rivals
dudes with expensive cameras. Having lots of time to play with the PST, i was able to really get every drop out of it.
Wow, excellent !
AS IF I HAD NOT ENOUGH TELESCOPES ON MY WHISHLIST, NOW I NEED A SOLAR ONE TOO...
Anyway, great video as usual !
You mentioned 8 weeks without seeing the stars! It's not so bad here in the northern Illinois I have seen the stars once in the past 3.5 months!!
LOL took a couple hits as I sat down to watch this !! Cheers Man !! plus snow tonight lol
Bahaha!
That setup was ridiculous 🤣
You’ve now inspired me to try and capture the sun again. I’ve had a loan of a Lunt Solar Scope now for a while, but have struggled in capturing anything “good”. But I’m now keen to give it another crack. 👍🏼
Cheep solar filter for any telescope? 2 ply of Mylar space blanket over the end and your in business.. works on any scope. O and ps. I’m soooo jealous of your mount and setup. For me.. that’s a dream setup
Hey Dylan I have the cooled 174mm and 2x power mate but what is the connecting fitting to the camera I cannot get a good view of it.I have a shit of a time focusing the 174 on the PST,cheers
Just the standard drop in end of the powemate.. eyepiece style.
Those little PSTs really are a pain, especially when that Ha window starts drifting as they warm up.
"Since the dawn of time man has yurned to destroy the sun". (Monty Burns). Thanks again Dylan.
what a birthday gift
Lundt seems to be a quality established company so you'll be ok! another solar telescope 🔭 company is Solarscope which are made on the Isle of Man a rather obscure quasi independent island in the Irish Sea roughly halfway between England and Ireland.
Great image of our nearest star ✨ I'm new to astronomy and was interested in doing some solar observing but I only own a Dobsonian. Is it even worth getting a solar filter, or is the aperture (10") too large?
White light filters are pretty boring right now but it will get better closer to maximum. Combined with a solar continuum filter on the camera end you can get great results.
@@DylanODonnell Ok awesome, thanks for the information! 🔭
That's so funny, I watched it a second time just for the promo. And yes, I am a HighPoint customer in the US. Hmm.
Hang in there.... ai got my PST a week *after* the Venus transit. Did I spot some Newton’s rings in your live view... you nailed them well in the final result!
Now, just for fun, throw a solar filter on your SCT setup and do a comparison.
Tube is way too big .. the heat is a really problem! Had some great results with the smaller SCTs and white light though.
@@DylanODonnell I had the same request.
You know Dylan...with so many cloudy nights, there's always radio astronomy :) ...and btw, with that little Coronado on that monster CGX mount, can you get 60 min non-autoguided subs? ;)
My name is Dylan O´Donnell and I need Prozac. (weather driven madness). Great Pic
Hey Dylon. Nice intro to high point... what? How do you clean your OPT? Just with a eyeglass cleaning cloth?
Anti static cloth and my breath. You want to avoid chemicals that can damage any coatings.
Nice beer drinking addition to the intro
have you gotten a solar ISS transit yet? Its a pretty fun way to do solar photography while also adding that extra challenge. I know you've done the lunar but hadn't seen a solar ISS transit yet.
I have !
"Support my alcoholism by buying star stuff"
Man you keep pouring humor
Haha!
The size mismatch between mount and scope is ridiculous 😀