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I took a image of the Sun today hoping there may have been some sun spots on the Sun today.   As you can see there is a small one on the centre left hand side, still not much activity as far as sun spots is concerned.

I was surprised by the exposure times.  This image was taken at 1/8000 of a second and it was still over exposed.  This has changed since removing the IR filter from the camera , exposure time used to be about 1/3200 of a second before removing the IR filter.

 

Date: 17/01/2010
Location: Greenwood WA - Backyard
Camera: Canon 20D - Modified
Optics: LX200R & 3.3 Focal Reducer - JMB Type A Solar Filter
Exposure:  100 ASA - 1/8000  Second
Filter: Astronomik  CLS CCD  
Focal Reducer:  Yes 3.3f

Processing

Photoshop CS2: levels,  curves, saturation  scaling, jpeg conversion.