Sharpcap Long Exposure Tutorial

3.7K views · 326 reactions | I captured a Coronal Mass Ejection on the sun today. I pointed my setup at the sun for 1 hour and 15 minutes and then sped it up to 5 seconds to see the activity play out faster. Here is my equipment. Telescope: Explore Scientific AR102 Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Solar Filter: DayStar Quark Energy Rejection Filter: Astronomik L3 Mount: Celestron AVX Focuser: ZWO EAF Capture Software: SharpCap 3.2 | Chuck’s Astrophotography | Facebook

Scanning the surface of the moon: This is from a moon imaging session I had from July 12. Here is more information on the capture: Imaging Telescope: Celestron NexStar 8SE Mount: Celestron NexStar SE Computerized Alt-Az Mount Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MM (non-cooled) Barlow: Astromania - 2" ED 2X Dual Power Telescope Barlow Lens Filter: Astronomik ProPlanet 642 BP IR-Pass Filter - 1.25" Capture Software: SharpCap 3.1 Stacking Software: AutoStakkert Post-Processing: PixInsight | Chuck’s Astrophot

I captured a weird version of the sun Saturday afternoon. I inverted it to see all the little details that are going on with the surface. So in this case, the white areas are actually sunspots. And the filament that looks like it's jettisoning above the surface is hot plasma 4 or 5 Earths wide. Telescope: Explore Scientific AR102 Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Solar Filter: DayStar Quark Chromosphere Mount: Celestron AVX Focuser: Rigel Energy Rejection Filter: Astronomik L1 UV-IR Capture Software: SharpCa