The sun

Upper image captured on July 4th 1999 at approximately 1445 hours UTC.

Lower image captured on July 4th 1999 at approximately 1745 hours UTC.

Note the obvious movement in some of the features. My next project is to do a time lapse sequence. The ATI card will support time lapse. However, the scope is alt-az mounted and there will be image rotation to deal with.

Telescope: 8" f10 Meade LX200 with 3" Celestron off axis solar filter.

Camera: PC23C video camera from Super Circuits at prime focus, modified to prevent video gain from rising on small bright targets.

Capture device: ATI All In Wonder Pro video card at 640 by 480 resolution.

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