bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

A beautiful afternoon with a clear sky and bright sunshine.

Set up a Lunt 60 solar scope with a QHY 462C(olor) camera with and without a 2.5x PowerMate, mounted on an iOptron CEM26 mount.

Shot several 2000 frame SER videos using SharpCap. Preprocessed the video clips in AutoStakkert and postprocessed in Lightroom and Photoshop. All of the images were stacks of the best 10 frames of video (out of 2000).

Earth shown for size reference.

Enjoy!

bwa

Captured as two halves and combined for a full solar disk - Without PowerMate

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Massive prominence - Without PowerMate


Massive prominence - With 2.5x PowerMate


Prominence - With 2.5x PowerMate


Sunspot - With 2.5x PowerMate


Sunspot - With 2.5x PowerMate


Surface feature - With 2.5 PowerMate

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Surface features - With 2.5 PowerMate

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SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY

…I love the comparison in size…these are great images…!

Stu A Loc: Portsmouth, Ohio

stepping beyond Loc: usa eastcoast

I enjoy looking at your awesome sun images, our sun has a lot going on.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

And it is just starting to pick up activity. More CME's to this point in Solar Cycle 25 than the peak yearly CME's in the past cycle!

2025 should be great for solar imaging!? Just hope we don't get a Carrington Event to set us back to preindustrial times.

bwa

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Makes a person feel rather small...

bwa

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

nice shots