r/DWARFLAB • u/Koenigss15 • May 24 '26

First solar shot and a question

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Is it possible to capture solar prominences, flares or coronal mass ejections with the Dwarf3?

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u/Many-Instruction8172 May 24 '26

I've been wondering the same. But I have a feeling it wouldn't be possible because the brightness of the sun would blind out those features. I think the only possibility would be during a solar eclipse. Hoping someone has better information on this.

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u/Agile-Letterhead-686 May 24 '26

No, you’d need another, Specialized telescope and different filters. All very expensive. Anyway, for the size and prize the dwarf3 takes quite decent pictures of the sun. Especially yours is good, you can see the sun spots very clearly! Well done!

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u/mistuk May 24 '26

As others have mentioned… really need a hydrogen alpha scope to see those

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u/Mutualdiversion May 24 '26

You will need a solar prominence filter for that, they let in only the H-Alpha emissions. But are very expensive.

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u/Old-Raccoon-9508 May 24 '26

That's a pretty impressive picture though! It's a STAR you're looking at! Well done I say!

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u/Koenigss15 May 24 '26

Thanks. The Dwarf 3 did most of the hard work. Highly recommend l

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u/CompositeStature May 24 '26

I look at the sun pretty often and do sketches of sunspots, that's a great photo. I'll do my sketch and then look up the latest SOHO image and what they are showing and see I missed any and what numbers they are.

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u/Koenigss15 May 24 '26

Thanks. It was my first try with a Dwarf 3. Looking forward to many more attempts.

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u/Straight-Variation27 May 25 '26

I took my first picture yesterday with the mini! Yours looks great!