Tag Archives: solar

Another Sunspot Image

Posted on October 10, 2012 by james

This is a full-size crop of my solar image for 4th October. Very pleased with the detail I’m getting here. The image was a “white light” full solar disk taken using a Canon 450D and 127 Mak using Baader solar … Continue reading →

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Sunspot Imaging with the Lifecam Cinema

Posted on October 3, 2012 by james

I was out doing some solar imaging recently and tried to get my son a bit more interested in the world that exists outside various electronic games devices by getting him to get some sunspot images using my modded Lifecam … Continue reading →

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Comparison of JPEG and RAW White Light Solar Image Exposure Times

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

I almost didn’t post this because I can’t quite believe the results are so poor for the second image, but here it is. I’ll try again tomorrow if the weather holds out. A stack of 60 images, processed from RAW … Continue reading →

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Comparison of JPEG and RAW White Light Solar Images

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

These two images were taken from the same imaging run, 60 of 120 images stacked, 1/1000th @ ISO100. The RAW files were processed with PIPP, but I couldn’t get Registax to process the TIFF files produced by PIPP from the … Continue reading →

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Stacking Canon RAW CR2 Files For Solar and Lunar Imaging

Posted on September 11, 2012 by james

I use Deep Sky Stacker for stacking images from my 450D for wide field shots of the night sky, but I’ve struggled getting anything to work for solar and lunar images. Some people I’ve discussed it with have found no … Continue reading →

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Solar PV Generation Update, September 2012

Posted on September 11, 2012 by james

We have reached the end of the first year with out solar PV installation and quite an odd one it has been, too. We had one of the mildest winters and generated far more in the first six months than … Continue reading →

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Solar PV Generation Update, August 2012

Posted on August 3, 2012 by james

Well, at last we’ve had a little sunshine this summer, though ten days in July is a pretty poor showing even so. Can’t complain though; it’s a whole lot better than May and June. Generation for July was 407kWh. Lower … Continue reading →

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Solar PV Generation Update, July 2012

Posted on July 3, 2012 by james

Unless you have some strange rain fetish, June has been an awful month weather-wise. There’s been hardly a single day here when it didn’t rain and even when rain wasn’t falling the sky has been mostly cloudy. According to the … Continue reading →

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It’s mid-summer, so where’s the Sun?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by james

Someone was asking today why the sky is so bright at night at this time of year, so I had to have a think about where the Sun actually goes… So we’re clear what I’m talking about, let’s say you’re … Continue reading →

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May 2012 FIT Payment

Posted on June 18, 2012 by james

At the end of May we received our second FIT payment, somewhat less than the first as expected. It does mean however that about 4.3% of the installation cost is now covered. Unfortunately the late Spring and early Summer months … Continue reading →

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