Date Taken: 11/20/2010 Photographer:
Jimmy E. Location: Boiling Springs, SC
Telescope:
Meade Coronado Personal Solar Telescope
Mount:
Orion Sirius EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera:
DMK21 Processing: Stacked with AVIStack, Processed in Adobe Photoshop CS2 Exposure: 800 X 1/120 sec. Exposures Other Equipment Used: Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, Orion StarShoot Deep Space Video Camera, 12.13 inch ID Orion Full Aperture Solar Filter
The Orion StarShoot is an easy-to-use, affordable autoguider for long-exposure astrophotography. Plug it into an autoguider port on your mount and let it do the work for you. It comes with the software and cables needed to work right out of the box!
The Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount is less hefty than the Orion Atlas but with the same drive motors, electronic features, and functionality. This mount can hold up to a 30lb load and allows you to select from 42,900 objects in the database.
For safe viewing of the sun through a telescope you need a solar filter. This Orion Solar Filter provides better contrast and more durability than a Mylar filter. This filter fits all Orion 10 inch reflector telescopes.
For safe viewing of the sun, the Meade Coronado Personal Solar Telescope is perfect. This H-alpha scope reveals dramatic prominences, flares, and other solar phenomena. Very light weight, this scope only requires a small tripod for support.