Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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FD image of the Sun in H-Alpha from my 1st floor balcony on January 27th on a cold (-8 degrees C) and clear day.
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Equipment used for this image was a Coronado SolarMax 60 II w/BF15 filter, Baader 35nm H-Alpha filter and ASI ZWO 178MM camera. Everything mounted on a Sky-Watcher SolarQuest mount.
Stack of the best 60% (1650 of 2751) images captured with an exposure time of 28ms and 30fps. Stacking done in Autostakkert 3, sharpening in AstraImage and contrast stretching in Adobe PhotoShop.

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Re: Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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Very good indeed!


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Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

A well-nice effort Arne.

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Re: Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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Except for the lack of the red color this looks quite a bit like my visual view today. Tiny filaments, Three ARs and prominences.

Surprisingly I could see the AR disturbance in the SW a bit better.
And like you I was using a SolarMax II 60 with a BF15!


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Re: Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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A very nice Image Arne

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Re: Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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Well done, this is a super image :bow :hamster:

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Re: Sun in H-Alpha 27th of January 2021

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Beautiful image. Congrats on the SPoD


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