How the Experts Photograph the Sun - Next Level! ☀️

[@NotchesSewing]

Dylan! I love this😊. Had to laugh at your final words……

[@getawaydance]

Once i was a visual amateur astronomer then i saw a bright, a very bright....oh so bright satellite pass through my vision in the eyepiece. I was blinded. Horrific story! Now i'm astrophotography only.

[@DextroussAS]

Wait, temporarily blinded or permanently?

[@getawaydance]

@@DextroussAS imagine your dark adapted eyes and someone shines a flashlight into one of your eyes. Oh the horror, the humanity!

[@CrazyMan0824]

@@getawaydanceyeah but a flashlight does not leave permanent damage, I imagine your blindness was painful and temporary.

[@Astronurd]

“O where art thou Dylan” I hope you are keeping well and that you and your family are all in good health.

[@bobbymckenzie3202]

Am I the only one who is just absolutely blown away that we have a STAR this close to our tiny little rock and next to nobody in the entire population is observing it?

[@Steve_The_Ignorant_Astronomer]

Well bought my Quark at Neaf yesterday , cant wait to use it and your tutorial with others

[@vanlife4256]

Our prayers go to your son for rapid recovery!

[@reahs4815]

what happend?

[@Wolfie6020]

Thanks Dylan, Can't wait to try some of these tips with my Coronado. All I have done with it so far is prove the Earth isn't flat.

[@craiglowery4427]

Thank you Dylan. It's 2024 now and I'm getting into solar imaging until planetary season returns. I learned from your video. My best to your family

[@greatattractor6498]

Hi Dylan, Just a small note: for fine-tuning the L-R deconvolution sigma it's best to select a small image fragment (with some fine details) first. Then, if using the GPU mode, the changes as you move the slider will be visible in real time (e.g., you can see when the filaments/wisps are becoming too bloated).

[@Astro_Ape]

Hard to believe you're a astrophotographer, I thought only us visual observers were this cool...

[@aidanoherlihy8441]

Wow amazing end result for a lunt 40! I've the lunt 50 on the way, can't wait to give this a go. I hope to "repair the long disappointment my parents have in me"!! 🤣😂

[@veizour]

🤣 The "secrets" part really got me 🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious 😂 Great video. Thanks!

[@douweodh4146]

Mate, really laughed about the dirty jokes you sneak into your video haha

[@BSm2919]

A sun picture is definitely on my list of things to do! Now if I could somehow just get my work to fork out the cash for new equipment... =)

[@bryandraughn9830]

Now I have a way to make it cloudy in the daytime.

[@billmurphypenguins3774]

nice job mate, this detail with a transit would be epic

[@deep_space_dave]

I have to say this was the best solar imaging tutorial I've ever seen! The end result was truly amazing! Still think that CGX isn't big enough 🙃

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha thanks DSD :) I’ve been meaning to do this start to finish tute for a long time but wanted to get good enough to not be totally wrong about it all.

[@chattywalrus8485]

@@DylanODonnell Hi, Dylan! You know, when you conclude your video with that phrase after you photograph a sunspot like that, it just makes me wanna add: "rather sooner than later". Have you ever seen such a thing before? What's that, like 100 Earths in diameter? Aren't they supposed to be at most several Earths in diameter? Seriously, have you ever seen a sunspot like that? On our Sun, not in some computer model of Betelgeuse.

[@chattywalrus8485]

@@DylanODonnell So... thought I'd check... and Google says 100 Earth diameters is just about our whole Sun. No wonder I was thinking of Betelgeuse! Well... pfiu... I thought the Sun was about to cross the finish line...! But... exactly how big is that sunspot?

[@ingebygstad9667]

Ah, LOVED the animation when trump's eyes caught fire... Fantastic! :D

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Hi Dylan! I will definitely watch your tutorial when I am ready to image the Sun! One I am scared, two I don't like the risk of messing with Sun! I am more of true night kind of a guy!

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Ray!

[@dennisjames1]

Always great videos and info Dylan, I was thinking of having a crack myself with what I have which is the ZWO ASI294C, what do you think?

[@martenyar8775]

Daytime Astrophotos, the new oxymoron. Must be odd taking pictures of something in space during the day when you should be drinking. Thanks D.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Couldn't of said it better myself.

[@benseddonharvey2727]

Hay Dylan . you make the world a smiley and knowledgeable place for us astronomers, a heart felt thank you . you should be proud fyi, this is probably only the second utube comment iv been bothered given at age 45.

[@DylanODonnell]

You bloody legend Ben. What’s huge honour to be your second KZbin comment :) I hope the first channel replied too !

[@gomanastro]

LOL by 30 sec with Trump eyes!!!!! then laughing at Simon clips!...he actually has helped me a lot getting started with solar, even so much as to do a computer share to help me over a roadblock. I have the same solar finder, but Simon taught me to actually look down the front end barrel of my scope as i'm pointing it at the sun to get the reflection off the glass centered...you can also do it that way!!! but be careful :) great video.

[@DylanODonnell]

Legend eh! What a guy.

[@yukia.8188]

Simon's frustration 😂😂😂

[@whatmattersmost6725]

That Simon so hard to learn from!! LOL Thanks I will use Simons process...I mean Dylans,,

[@InsertAstroNameHere]

Love the info. Love the doggo. Love the music. Love the humor. Solid video. I give it a 1/1 Star.

[@DylanODonnell]

⭐️

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Solar is one of my favorite objects to photograph but I usually just see me on the computer screen. I've moved to doing the computer work inside after trying towels, boxes, hiding in cars, and stuff like that. My neighbors probably think I'm nuts. I use a 115mm refractor with a Chromosphere quark for solar. It gets up close and personal with the sun, but sometimes I want that full disk view. The problem with the quark is if it's hot outside it drifts off band because of the heat.

[@coloradoastro6139]

Awesome work! 😎

[@douglassmith1215]

With imppg, you should also play with unsharp mask, which I didn't see you do. As a first step, set the Sigma for the Unsharp masking to the same Sigma for the L-C deconvolution (generally 1.5 to 2.5 works for me). Then play with the Amount slider on the Unsharp masking. By the way, make sure the output format for imppg is a file format (and bit depth) that is best for you. I always use 16-bit Tiff.

[@DylanODonnell]

Great tip, thanks!

[@Thunder_Dome45]

I think I'll consciously try that matching the L-C to the unsharp mask thing. I might have done it before by accident though.

[@AstroDenny]

Love this! That was a really amazing and to the point tutorial with pretty modest hardware even! Thanks, Dylan.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks DR !

[@PafMedic]

Not To Be Taken Lightly For Sure..I Mean,Thats Your Face,lol,I Love Solar Viewing,And Also Enjoy Finding Stars and Planets In Our Daytime Sky..Thanks Dylan,Have A Great Day,Clear Skies❤️🙏🏻✨🌏🔭

[@davidleejenkins]

Love it! Well done!

[@ttnownow1292]

I just bought this scope so what great timing! Great job Dylan.. and keep the jokes coming... you are a unique entertaining dude.. Thanks

[@DylanODonnell]

Hah thanks. And perfect timing eh!

[@astrofotoperu]

Simon's the best! He has given me great tips for solar! Great guy! Dylan, thank you very much for this video! It's exactly how I process my solar images! 😁🤘🏻

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Peru!

[@theinterstellarfeller]

Bravo Dylan! I’ve been eyeing a Lunt 40 but wasn’t sure how much detail I’d be able to get out of it and was worried I’d have to shell out the big bucks for a large double stacked solar scope. Your processing tutorial was so helpful and has sold me on getting a lunt 40! Thanks again!

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Rather funny and entertaining. More so than one might expect from an amateur Australian astronomer.

[@DylanODonnell]

High praise 😆

[@MatthewHolevinski]

Thanks to Simon for that awesome bit.

[@DylanODonnell]

What a legend

[@LogansAstro]

Got a solar telescope but haven't used it yet so this is a very useful tutorial thanks. And the final image looked cool.... I mean hot..... no um coool.... um.... hoool 😊

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe thanks Loges

[@steppen57]

To be or not ... here's the question. Should I get a Lunt 40 and give it a try? You make it look so easy Dylan! Thank you for sharing. Your videos are so entertaining mate!

[@PeteCroft1]

Jeez, something else I have to buy, stop taking pictures of the sun and concentrate on the stars man! 🤩

[@evilunclepaul8850]

Man, you won me on the intro

[@iandrane7661]

I live near a city and I'm interested in astrophotography and pretty much everything about space fascinates me. What's the best way to start if I don't want to spend loads of money on equipment? Also how much will living near a city hinder the experience?

[@hondaxl250k0]

Budget solar viewing and photography…. You need a Mylar solar blanket. Cut 3 squares out bigger than your scope diameter . Now you can rubber band them over your objective or pop off your dew guard and put the squares over the lens while replacing the cover and stretching your Mylar tight. Now you can safely view the sun visual or with your camera on any scope. Cost about 1.25$

[@BSm2919]

It's been so long since you posted a video I had to watch this one twice!

[@edjones3390]

It's been a long time since your last post - hope things are OK ? Missing your content, but if you need a break - take as long as you need - we'll be here whenever you're ready!

[@Mistr_A]

Great video and most entertaining intro mate thanks for this.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey cheers Nik 👊🏼

[@guidobel4860]

Amazing video!

[@VK3CSJ]

Hi Dylan, I've come here from your presentation on using the HyperStar which I'm about to organise a purchase for my CPC800XLT. Just query on Solar work, what is it about a "LUNT" Telescope that I couldn't to with the Celestron or with a Saxon 6" Refractor, my other scope, for example?...;)

[@philkidd]

Brilliant Dylan!

[@sillyygab]

Hi Dylan, i love your humor

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Felipe :)

[@Microtonal_Cats]

0:05 I'd read that warning label as "This is not an electron microscope, don't try to look at viruses with it."

[@BrianH1313]

Nice Dylan. This is a very Illuminating episode.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks! I see what you did there.

[@simonRTJ]

In photoshop, if you create a new layer, use a filter on that top duplicate image layer and apply "highpass" then make that layer type as additive or overlay etc..just play with those and see what happen. its a great way to naturally add detail to an image that was there rather than add detail procedurally via filters

[@DylanODonnell]

Interesting trick .. I’ll try it !

[@ruthlessrog1]

This was a great intro... love the energy and great info for my next attempt. Subbed

[@DylanODonnell]

Welcome aboard friend !

[@alphamet3258]

8:28 „The sun is a nice bright object“ Yeah no shit Dylan 😂

[@DylanODonnell]

Iq 9000%

[@antonypage1442]

Can't wait to get home from work.

[@dettie1948]

In AS3 , after analysis, I tend to use "Control click" at the 75% level on the graph to choose the percentage stacked rather than choose an arbitrary number, works for me albeit sometimes generates very low numbers (3 -5%)

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh low % stacks are actually best .. good tip

[@jwdeepsky]

I need to watch more of your videos

[@DylanODonnell]

Please do ... my kids won't think I'm cool until I hit 100k.

[@jwdeepsky]

@@DylanODonnell neither will i!

[@DenisineD2]

I have the LS50THa and i love it! I might go to is big brother the LS152THa in a year

[@DylanODonnell]

jealous!

[@DavesAstrophotography]

Excellent video Dylan, love the final result!

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks so much Dave!

[@antipodesastro667]

Great video Dylan. Love the final image 🤩

[@DylanODonnell]

Cheers 🍻 Antipodean!

[@wbehrens62]

Thanks for just being you. Quirky full of humor you. ....now where is that dam wad of cash I need for a good solar setup? Seriously thinking about using an Ha filter from an old PST and an ERF reject filter on an Orion 80mm scope....Saw one fella do this on cloudy nights many many moons ago and the results were outstanding....(and a lot less expensive). Keep up the good work mate....now...if you could just explain AFL footie to an old yank so my late nights are so dam confusing.

[@DylanODonnell]

Cheers mate :) AFL is just something all Australians are forced to endure as children until they learn how to avoid it.

[@DamienBoath]

Hey could you give me more info/links on this? I have a skywatcher 80ED. I really want to do solar, but the costs are prohibitive considering i have a full deep sky setup and the idea of then spending another $2000-$5000 AUD as an entry into solar is ridiculous. Surely there is a cheaper alternative. I have looked at Ha filters, but even that seems to be a minefield of which one to get etc. Also as an aussie, i cannot stand AFL. Can't wait for the season to be over.

[@johngraham7045]

Awesome as always brother! I need to learn combining rgb in gimp. Great video!

[@FrootyRecords]

Great video Dylan and excellent result! I wonder if Chuck knows about that IMppg software?, he does loads of nice solar stuff too. :)

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks! It’s such a great tool for solar. Amazing .. and it’s not even v1 yet.

[@2badger2]

This is a off video comment. I just starting using PHD2 and NINA and I heard people say dithering of 30 pixels is good. I have 2 scope and use the same guide scope, a dithering ratio (guidescope scale)/(imagescope scale) of 0.700 for one and 2.000 for the other. What number do I input into NINA? Thank you

[@MountainFisher]

Friend of mine bought that 40mm scope and was rather unhappy with it because he said you can't get a sharp focus much past 50x magnification. He tried to sell it to me after telling me this. Well he is an honest man, but I bought the $2300 60mm Lunt that can be used at night too. I want to look at the Sun live in a decent closeup and now I can, I could not with that 40mm.

[@TheJoshuaCarter]

Did you ever get the B1200 for this scope? That seems to be the way to go with the Lunt 40.

[@bofblog]

Try putting your laptop in a large cardboard box...give you a large shaded area to work in and see the screen easier

[@Zero_Point_Energy1]

Dylan - your subscribers miss you! Hope all is well.

[@badmatt4227]

I have a Coronado SolarMax II and the draw tube is a loose fit and will not handle the weight of consumer grade video camera. And looking at this setup 3:24 that looks like a lot of weight on the eyepiece. Do you have any modification advice for my SolarMax such as buying a sturdier focuser?

[@DylanODonnell]

does it matter? once you're in focus you're in focus.

[@Killbayne]

my wallet cries even thinking about solar astrophotography but this is an amazing tutorial, from acquisition to final product. alcoholism approved 👍

[@astrogirlau]

Lol mate love it!

[@getawaydance]

Make or buy a laptop solar shade. Really helps when you're sitting outside in the sun shirtless and the reflection off the sun onto your bare skin washes out all the details on the screen.

[@DylanODonnell]

haha yes

[@dovber90]

Really enjoyed this video Dylan.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks Robert!

[@jamesmarco9384]

Dylan I am your super fan from Las Vegas. How do you get your mount to track the sun? Did you align in the day time? Thank you kindly, love all your videos

[@DylanODonnell]

Use the solar system align instead of two star align :) just Center the sun and boom.. it’s done :)

[@jamesmarco9384]

Thank you sir

[@StargazerFS128]

Kick ass solar image, but more impressive is that total kick ass computer, we need more of that!

[@91ABaker]

Great picture.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Adam!

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

I think you needed to boost the saturation to a million lol, great tutorial your scope doesn't look a lot different to the Lunt 35 that I have, great tutorial I'll have to give it a go next solar imaging run.

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha no apod for me 😅 glad you enjoyed !

[@Astronomo_Space]

Very good sir! Subscribed👍

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey welcome !

[@scenic_shoots]

great tutorial, can we expect this type of image with just some baader film? or do we need a solar scope?

[@DylanODonnell]

You’d get close with film and a solar continuum filter but no, you won’t get the cool flare details without a proper ha scope.

[@scenic_shoots]

@@DylanODonnell ok, thanks for the reply

[@Tommyr]

You will NOT get this with regular white light filters. You'll see spots, faculae, some granulation if seeing is excellent but to flares no solar prominence.

[@matthewcard1874]

Dylan the GOAT!

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe kid goat at best 🍻

[@NGC-catseye]

That was helpful✨

[@mohammedalshethry4862]

PLS DONT STOP!

[@TeslaARM]

Nice hat! 😂

[@astrobath]

I am really missing you, Dylan, just hope that you will find an appropriate solution for the issues whatever they are. I hope those are not health issues. We are just patiently waiting for your return. Otherwise we will go to Byron Bay on foot (from Siberia, LOL).

[@DeanLouviere]

Ignoring all those sun warnings would make visual astronomy interesting… for about a second.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe that’ll teach em

[@PafMedic]

😂😂😂I Was Out 1 Morning Solar Viewing,Or Setting Up..Had The Sun In Full View.(I Align By Shadows)Was Going To Pop The Filter On,And A Bee Landed Near My Lens(Im Highly Allergic) And Swatted That Way,My Filter Went Across The FOV..And Looks Like You Took A Lit Cigarette And Rubbed Across It.5 Holes Across A 6” Filter…Thats Your Face,lol..And About $70 .High Point Gave Me A Bit Of A Break When I Told Dave What Happened

[@mgmcd1]

Dylan! Where you at? Do you have an update on your activities, or are you abandoning this channel? How about that SKA observatory being built in the outback?

[@erikmardiste]

Havent got a dedicated astro camera, can you use a DSLR?, p.s I also use a skywatcher ed72.

[@DylanODonnell]

You can, but DSLR capture software can lack some features needed for truly high speed video.

[@Grigorev_Alexey]

Hello from Russia❤. Is it possible to take pictures in the Lunt 40 telescope with a Canon 6d SLR camera?

[@tommydstudios2094]

What blocking filter do you have on here? Im not sure if I should buy a bigger sensor camera or a bigger blocking filter.

[@DylanODonnell]

Lunt is the b600 model .. fairly base but I want mooooore

[@tommydstudios2094]

@@DylanODonnell I have the B600 as well. I finally got a solar tilt adapter because I had issues with newtons rings. I can't quite fit the full solar disk in frame but I'm using an asi120 mono cam. I appreciate your reply. I can just get a slightly bigger sensor planetary cam and get the full disc! I wasn't sure if I would get a bigger sensor and then find out the B600 image circle was still too small to fit the whole disk in it lol. Do you know of a sweet little reducer that works with these setups?

[@OhanSmit]

nothing can repair the disappointment of the parentals hey... sick video !

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe thx Ohan

[@Sammus43]

Changing StarNet++ from CPU to GPU(cuda) is a game changer as well

[@DylanODonnell]

I haven’t managed to get that going yet!

[@Sammus43]

@@DylanODonnell I used William Li's starnet cuda walkthrough, took 10 mins. Highly recommend

[@TurboFryer1337]

You are so cool, smart and sexy, Mr. O’Donnell 😮‍💨 I may or may not have ignored the warnings to not look directly at the sun through my telescope, but great video!

[@DylanODonnell]

Flattery will get you EVERYWHERE Diaz. 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[@austra2005]

Hey Dylan, Dont ya think that imaging is kind of like bs, thanks to photo shop we can see what we imagine seeing

[@mgmcd1]

Can you remove the band aid from the sun with those tools? 🤓

[@pigeond]

solar? geez now i have to get a solar scope as well? is that why you haven't been streaming on twitch because you're having good night sleep now?

[@DylanODonnell]

Yes. You have to get a solar scope now Pigeon D

[@RawHeadRay]

I thought shock face thumbnails were for kids

[@thecalculator1000]

Started watching and thought, using goto? wtf? Its right there, just point it roughly and look through the....oh wait. Then I realised that warning is for me.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehehe

[@bronco_fv]

It’s has been quiet for 2 months after this video. Still there Dylan?

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks for checking in.. life has kicked me in the dick. I don’t know when I’ll be back. 🤞🏼

[@bronco_fv]

@@DylanODonnell Sorry to hear that. Get better soon (or whatever time it takes)!

[@UrbanAstroLA]

@@DylanODonnell urban dictionary "docking". Astro world just not the same without you! Hope everything turns out ok.

[@orionm4268]

Taking a photo of the sun is easy, composing a 5 hour timelapse of prominenses or other activity is not due to changes in tube temperature and the atmosphere affecting brightness and contrast over time resulting in over an enormous amount of sub frames to process.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh I’m learning that myself now!