White light, July 17

Here are a couple of the sun taken in white light. C&C always appreciated.

The sun is so hot!

Interesting images.

DanThoman wrote in post #17634761
...taken in white light.

Do you mean without a filter? I would discourage anyone from doing that unless they know exactly what they are doing & know how to protect both their eyes & the camera.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17641427
Interesting images.
Do you mean without a filter? I would discourage anyone from doing that unless they know exactly what they are doing & know how to protect both their eyes & the camera.

What he means is it was taken with a "white-light" filter. A filter that allows every band of light through, just at greatly reduced levels. That's as opposed to something like an H-Alpha filter that only allows a very narrow band of light through.
http://www.thousandoak​soptical.com/solar.htm​l

SiriusDoggy wrote in post #17642157
What he means is it was taken with a "white-light" filter. A filter that allows every band of light through, just at greatly reduced levels. That's as opposed to something like an H-Alpha filter that only allows a very narrow band of light through.
http://www.thousandoak​soptical.com/solar.htm​l

Thanks for the info & link!

SiriusDoggy is correct. For the white light I'm using an ES102 refractor with a Lunt Herschel wedge. The wedge filters out all the UV light and only allows about 5% of the visible light through. I've also attached a baader solar continuum filter to the eyepiece and/or camera to cut down the visible light even further and add more contrast to the view.