I got a fancy new solar filter for the telescope, called an H-alpha filter. Unlike a conventional solar filter, which just blocks 99.99% of all light, an H-alpha filter only allows a very small range of colors through. Specifically, this color range is in the visible part of the red spectrum and is emitted from Hydrogen atoms when electrons fall from a particular energy state to another. The cool thing about the H-alpha solar filter is dim features, like solar prominences, can be seen when they protrude past the edge of the Sun as seen from Earth. With a conventional solar filter, anything outside the visible disk of the Sun is too dim to be seen.
I still don't have the extension to use the camera directly with the telescope, but luckily, when using the H-alpha filter, the filter goes between the camera and the telescope. It also acts as a 4x barlow lens.
This post's showcase shows a faint solar prominence and the same image with the prominence's brightness boosted.
