20101011 Sun

It's very cloudy today, but there's very brief moment when the sun can shine through the cloud gaps. I caught one of these, but the seeing is very poor, so I only have a single wide field shot.

Telescope: Tele Vue Ranger with NGF-CM
Filter: Coronado Solarmax 40 with BF10
Camera: Lumenera LU070M
Mount: iOptron SmartStar GPS on a Gitzo G106

Taken with a reducer lens attached to the nosepiece of the BF10, 1528 (GMT+8):-



Seeing 1/10, transparency 7/10.