Sol in Early June 2023

 

These were from back in June and it's amazing to see all the filaments and clouds of gas hovering over the solar disk.  They form in magnetic loops and are just off the surface of the sun and are cooler than the chromosphere below them.  Solar weather at its finest.

Photo Details

June 3, 2023
Lunt Ha 60mm double-stacked solar telescope

ZWO ASI178MM 
SharpCap - 8 Bit Mono
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Adjustments in ImPPG
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

Jupiter at Opposition and Saturn

 

Jupiter reach opposition on November 3 and it was a reasonably clear Friday night so I packed up my gear and headed out to my dark sky location to catch the Jovian Giant in all its glory.  The seeing conditions weren't great, so I didn't get as much detail as I was hoping for, but did pick up Europa just before it started transiting across the disk and the Great Red Spot was well positioned for the image.  I also was able to make out the Cassini Division (gap in rings) on Saturn.  Overall, a reasonably productive night.

Photo Details

November 3, 2023
Celestron 7" Mak-Cas
ZWO ASI178MM 
SharpCap - 8 Bit Mono through RGB filters
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Adjustments in Registax 6
Final Adjustments in Photoshop