iPhone and DS90 fun

[EricF]

Here's a picture I took while on vacation last week in southern British Columbia.

This is a 10s video using an iPhone through the eyepiece of a Coronado 90mm DS scope. Ran the video through pipp and then into Registax and then into Affinity. The middle of the sun was completely blown out - can't reduce the exposure that far on the iPhone, so I turned it into an artificial eclipse.

Just something to play with while I decide what solar scope to get.

[EGRAY_OBSERVATORY]

Great fun Eric and a good result using what you had at hand.

Prom imaging will often (if not always) have a blown-out disk, but you have well "eclipsed" that and the colouring is well done.

Welcome to Solarchat and the world of imaging and drawing..

Cheers
Terry

[DeepSolar64]

I use the iPhone quite a bit for solar imaging too and this one is as good as any image I have ever did. While it certainly won't approach the performance of a good monochrome camera made especially for astrophotography, smartphones are something most of us have with us and can do a decent job with patience, a few tries and a good editor. I admire those who use a DSLR for solar as well. Both smartphone and DSLR can give surprising results if one sticks with them and learns their strengths and weaknesses.

James

[Montana]

Wow!! what an amazing iPhone image, it is really difficult to get a good angle and correct exposure

A very warm and sunny welcome too I move this post to the main solarchat page where more will spot it

Alexandra

[marktownley]

A really good shot and shows well what a phone is capable of!

[DeepSolar64]

It's nice seeing others using " alternative " imaging equipment.

[MAURITS]

Nice to see Eric.

[ffellah]

Nicely done Eric.

Franco

[Carbon60]

Probably the best iPhone solar image I’ve seen.

Stu.

[eroel]

Namesake, a very nice prominence image.
Regards.
Eric.