Solar Astrophotography

Solar astroimaging is when you take photos or videos of the sun. You must have a proper filter installed on the scope or high-focal length camera lens before attempting to do this.

For a setup on a normal scope you can either use the piggyback method, prime focus method, or afocal method. You must have a solar filter such as this installed at all times. You can also buy special Ha scopes (not Ha filters) such as this one to get more detailed images.

Generally, Solar imagers use Registax (if Registax 6 does not work, try Registax 5).