Solar Photography
Mar 5, 2013 12:41:15 #
Has anyone tried their hand at photographing the sun with a solar telescope?
I am thinking about adding this scope and curios if anyone has had any experience with it.
[url/http://www.meade.com/product_pages/coronado/coronado.php[/url].
I am thinking about adding this scope and curios if anyone has had any experience with it.
[url/http://www.meade.com/product_pages/coronado/coronado.php[/url].
Mar 5, 2013 12:49:06 #
I must use my Ha more often this year DO NOT expect to get the sort of photos in the images, forget a dslr and get a good ATIK, and use stacking software, don't forget the motorised mount.
http://www.atik-cameras.com/
You will also need a selection of these
http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/jser1/P4020022.jpg
And decent not cheap plossl eyepieces
http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/jser1/JPEGImage27328577.jpg
http://www.atik-cameras.com/
You will also need a selection of these
http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/jser1/P4020022.jpg
And decent not cheap plossl eyepieces
http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad121/jser1/JPEGImage27328577.jpg
Mar 5, 2013 13:28:05 #
While I did not get any photos myself I was in Florida and a fellow astronomy buff was using the Coronado. The digital shots came out great. (close up of a flare, I only saw it on his LCD screen). He said the most important thing is still air. Seems that Florida's flatness is great for that.
Mar 5, 2013 13:29:56 #
jrb1213 wrote:
While I did not get any photos myself I was in Florida and a fellow astronomy buff was using the Coronado. The digital shots came out great. (close up of a flare, I only saw it on his LCD screen). He said the most important thing is still air. Seems that Florida's flatness is great for that.
Thanks.....I wonder if he used double stacking.
Mar 5, 2013 13:31:38 #
Mar 5, 2013 13:57:39 #
jrb1213 wrote:
I didn't even ask him, I was down for a launch
Did you eat at "Dixie Crossroads" between Titusville and Cocoa?
Mar 5, 2013 14:15:28 #
nikonshooter wrote:
Yes! An old favorite haunt. Great seafood back in the day. Did you eat at "Dixie Crossroads" between Titusville and Cocoa?
Have not been there recently. Is it still there?
Mar 5, 2013 14:20:54 #
No, economy trip, carried all my own and only one night at a campground. Launch delayed and I had to return without photos, what a downer.
Mar 5, 2013 15:13:41 #
Festina Lente wrote:
Have not been there recently. Is it still there?
nikonshooter wrote:
Yes! An old favorite haunt. Great seafood back in the day. Did you eat at "Dixie Crossroads" between Titusville and Cocoa?
Have not been there recently. Is it still there?
Oh yea it is still there. The seafood is every bit as good now as it was then. They opened one in Orlando but it closed.
When I get close to Central Florida.....I try to arrange at least one trip to Dixie's. My wife and I were trying to remember what the buffet cost when we first ate there in the mid 80's and I believe it was 12.99, now its close to $50.00. I would have to float a loan to feed my family of 5. How about their corn fritters?
Mar 5, 2013 15:46:40 #
nikonshooter wrote:
$50.00! Wow!! quote=Festina Lente quote=nikonshooter Did you ... (show quote)
I'm not sure, but when I was last there with a party of 8, the cost was something like $34.99 each. We had a great time.
Just thinking about those corn fritters is making me salivate! :thumbup:
Mar 5, 2013 16:05:41 #
Festina Lente wrote:
quote=nikonshooter quote=Festina Lente quote=ni... (show quote)
Same...... I grew up in Orlando. In the spring and summer, we would take coolers full of beer and ice....get to Titusville piers about 8:00 at night, rent nets and lights and catch shrimp and crab (just walking up and down the piers).....we would drink the beer and replace with shrimp and crab. We never failed to bring back packed coolers. But then the pollution began to take it's toll, with the growth of the Cape and the waters became to polluted to fish. Not sure if that has changed or not. Doubt it. Now that was well before Dixie's.....I think they opened in 1984 or 85.
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