It should be kept in mind that these have usually been greatly enhanced. However, it is not that the detail is not there, it just takes a while to get used to the way it appears in the telescope. The blocking filter will adjust with this from about 30degF to approximately 100deg F. Hope you have more luck with the Helios. Please let us know if there is anything we can help with. I'm interested in sharing with fellow CIG users photography tips.
Any suggestions welcome.
We are collecting comments suggestions etc, and will post them here. Also suggest you start posting your questions in Solar Chat. A word of warning. I see what you are getting at now. The ERF is mounted in the front cell at an angle of 1.5 degrees so that these reflections produce images well off axis and, normally, outside the field of the eyepiece.