Webinar: BBC Sky at Night Magazine Masterclass, The Art of Solar Imaging by Our Media

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

About This Solar Imaging Series

Our nearest star, the Sun, is more active now than it has been for the past decade as it approaches solar maximum, but its brightness makes it a challenging target to photograph.

Our expert talks will show you how to work with the Sun’s intense light in safety, and capture the effects of solar maximum, when sunspots, flares and prominences are at their most abundant – and when the beautiful night-time effect we owe to the Sun, the aurora, can be visible more often.

In the second part of each of the Masterclasses, there is a Q&A with the Masterclass speaker.

All registrants will have access to the Masterclass recording once the event has ended and will be able to watch this recording for a maximum of 10 times.

Save 24% when you purchase a series ticket and get access to all three Masterclasses in The Art of Solar Imaging Series, or pay £17.50 per individual Masterclass event.

Meet The Presenters

James Rowley-Hill

Mechanic by day and night-sky photographer by night, James Rowley-Hill has been chasing and hunting the Northern Lights across the UK for over 20 years. What was once a hobby is now a passion which he’s well known for: by co-running the AUK Aurora UK Facebook group, he now shares his expertise with more than 40,000 members, putting out alerts for aurora activity across the British Isles.
Mary McIntyre

Mary McIntyre is an avid astrophotographer, imaging from her garden in rural Oxfordshire, which is also home to her permanent observatory. She has shared her imaging expertise through outreach to schools, Scout and Guide groups, camera clubs and astronomy societies since 2015. Mary also presents workshops on many aspects of practical and theoretical astronomy, and runs an array of cameras linked to the Global Meteor Network, appearing on The Sky at Night on BBC TV to discuss meteor showers monitoring. A regular writer for Sky at Night Magazine and a co-presenter on its podcast, Star Diary, Mary is also the co-author of the Collins Stargazing Bible.

Sessions in this Solar Imaging Series

Capturing the aurora

This talk will set you up with the background to what causes these beautiful phenomena, how you can plan for and to some extent, pred... View more

£17.50
Seeing sunspots on a budget

Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 7:00 PM BST

In this talk we’ll cover what sunspots are, what equipment and accessories you can buy on a budget to see and image them moving over... View more

£17.50
Flares and prominences, revealing the Sun’s interior

Thursday, May 22, 2025 · 7:00 PM BST

Our final talk will cover the Sun's structure to reveal the layers where flares and prominences appear, the equipment needed to captu... View more

£17.50

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BBC Sky at Night Magazine Masterclass, The Art of Solar Imaging

About This Solar Imaging Series

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