Bouncing Around the Sun in White Light Solar
Mar 31, 2023 23:57:42 #
Another beautiful afternoon with a clear sky and bright sunshine.
Set up as Astro-Tech 65EDQ with a Hershel Wedge solar filter, Solar Continuum filter, 2.5x PowerMate and QHY 462C(olor) camera, mounted on an iOptron CEM26 mount.
Shot several 1000 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 5 frames of video (out of 1000).
It was a slow day for sunspots but good practice for later in solar cycle 25, i.e.: 2024 & 2025.
Earth shown for size reference.
Enjoy!
bwa
Set up as Astro-Tech 65EDQ with a Hershel Wedge solar filter, Solar Continuum filter, 2.5x PowerMate and QHY 462C(olor) camera, mounted on an iOptron CEM26 mount.
Shot several 1000 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 5 frames of video (out of 1000).
It was a slow day for sunspots but good practice for later in solar cycle 25, i.e.: 2024 & 2025.
Earth shown for size reference.
Enjoy!
bwa
A few sunspots and surface features
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Cropped sunspot
A few small sunspots
A few small sunspots
Surface features
Bubbling Plasma
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