SAFELY Pointing a Telescope at the Sun with the Baader Herschel Prism
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Enjoy an in-depth look at one way to observe and photograph the Sun SAFELY … the Baader Herschel Prism. If video compression gets you down ... please check the updated video in 4k here • SAFELY Pointing a Tele...
Here are links: bit.ly/3rGB4Ew (photographic version) and bit.ly/3F2LAck (visual version)
Thank you to Agena Astro for sending it over for review.
In this video I walk through several considerations when attempting to photograph the Sun. We look at one solution in detail, complete with an unboxing, examples, and impressions. With eclipse season upon us, take care and protect yourself, telescope, and cameras and do things the right way!
Here are links to other gear mentioned in this video…
Baader Solar Film (a DIY approach): bit.ly/48AHTIv
White Light Solar Filters (find one for your application): bit.ly/46u8ogI
DayStar Quark Chromosphere (the narrowband filter I use): bit.ly/3LMHjgO
I am affiliated with Agena Astro. Shopping through the links provided comes at no cost to you and is completely optional of course, but helps me a great deal. Your support allows me to keep making these videos. Thanks in advance!
You can find my other work on all major social media platforms. I use the handle @thevastreaches everywhere.
Cheers and clear skies
-Jason
00:00 Intro
01:00 Solar Safety and Cautionary Tale
03:13 How to Filter Sunlight
04:52 The Baader Herschel Wedge (Prism)
05:29 Unboxing
12:05 The Imaging Setup and Imaging
13:44 Results - Videos and Images
19:03 Impressions and Review
21:55 Conclusion - Наука та технологія
Excellent video. Appreciate your honesty as well as your clear description of the product
Glad to hear that. Thanks!
That fantastic image showing popcorn-like granulation is worth the entire video. Fantastic. Liking your content. Cheers.
Just saw this. Thanks a bunch. Glad you like.
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Exceptional video - purchased the wedge based on your review and now planning some pics prior to and after totality; have two other setups for totality and to do a composition…
Good to hear! Thank you. Best of luck on the weather.
Good stuff! Also, congrats on your imminent 300th sub!
Thanks 🙏. Trying to get on my feet here.
Should have mentioned that viewing a total solar eclipse through a telescope or binoculars during totality without filters is something you can and should do. It's one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen and one that can't be reproduced in any photograph because the human eye has such an amazingly huge dynamic range. Sadly, few people outside the astronomy community know this, or worse will lie about the dangers which should be obvious.
Yes. Not a video on how to best observe eclipses but perhaps I should make a separate one … I ended up (unsuccessfully) trying to edit this down as much as I could!
@@TheVastReaches The title is accurate, but from the intro I thought it was going to be about eclipse viewing.
I’ve been a fan of your work for good while now and I’m so glad you’re making videos! Looking forward to more.
Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can make you a fan of my videos. It’s a whole different thing I’m still trying to figure out (more like stumble my way through) 😂!
nice video
Thanks for the visit and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, I just found a G1 Wedge while going thru my dads gear. I would like to use it on my SCT but I would be worried about heating up the internal optics.
These are not to be used with reflective optics due to the heating issues you mention.
Fantastic final results !!
I'm curious as to how you produced a color image from a monochrome camera. Have you ever done a tutorial video on this process? I would love to know how. I know in regular astrophotography, we use RGB filters to produce the colors, but in this video you said you didn't use the filter wheel. Please let us know.
Thanks so much for making this video.
Thank you and I’m glad you found it useful. I do mention in the video that the output is simply colorized yellow/orange to present a “familiar” tone. This is done with a simple levels adjustment in RGB channels. But, this is purely an aesthetic choice in post-processing, naturally the image is pure green from this filter! I am just in the infancy of this channel trying to produce some initial content so stay tuned.
Thanks for your quick reply. You did mention that in your video, I just didn't fully understand what you meant. OK . I'm anxious to give it a try soon. I have the same Badder filter (green) and I use PixInsight and Affinity photo for my processing.
Thanks again. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep them coming.@@TheVastReaches
@travlon5101 Cheers thanks! Quick answer, starting with a mono image, add a levels adjustment and set the midtone to 1.6 for red, 0.6 for green, and 0.3 for blue. This will give a nice yellow/orange tone. Just a starting point...
Also, we are commenting on the non-4k version. You may be interested to check out my updated video which shows the results in higher quality (less compression artifacts). Find it on my page. Pardon my growing pains figuring out what works best, ;)
So does the photographic version contain everything that the visual version does … that is, if I purchase the photographic version can I throw on an eyepiece and observe visually? Also, can I use it on my Orion Eon 130mm triplet without any extra filters out front? Great video, by the way
Yes and thanks! The photo version just comes with extras, those being additional ND filter options. It is safe to observe visually through using the setup explained in the manual which is the “Visual” version configuration and that is all supplied in the “Photo” version and the way it is configured upon delivery.