Canada "Dawn" for one

Kim Hay, from the Solar Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO), went on her own to try and find the Sun. She had this to say:

"January 1, 2009
Temperature -9º C
wind sl S/SW
cloud cover less than 10%

(...)I haven't quite perfected the imaging aspect yet of the sun, and I have issues with the central obstruction in the SCT(...)."

Anyway, since she couldn't send us an image of the Sun, so she sent a photo of her setup instead: