Quiet Sun

 

Not much solar activity last weekend, but it's still fascinating to observe and gave me chance to try out an interference eliminator to reduce the Newton's rings present in earlier captures.  

Photo Details

August 16, 2020

Lunt 60 mm Pressure Tuned Telescope

NexImage10 Camera

Image Acquisition iCap2.4

Y800 Codec
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

Solar Activity

It was a busy weekend with lots of great solar activity.  The two images featuring prominences were taken about 24 hours apart and demonstrate just how quickly the sun is changing.

Photo Details

August 8 and 9, 2020

Lunt 60 mm Pressure Tuned Telescope

NexImage10 Camera

Image Acquisition iCap2.4

Y800 Codec
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

Solar Activity

The sun is endlessly changing and utterly fascinating.  These images reveal the complexity of the chromosphere reveal structure a such a variety of scales that I seem to find something new every time I look at them.

Photo Details

August 4, 2020

Lunt 60 mm Pressure Tuned Telescope

NexImage10 Camera

Image Acquisition iCap2.4

Y800 Codec
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

Solar System Summer

If you've been outside the last few nights, with clear skies, you've probably been as struck as I have with the tight arrangement of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn.  Last night was as close as they'll get for a while and I was lucky to get some wide angle shots before zooming in on Jupiter and Saturn.  

Photo Details - Jupiter and Saturn

August 1, 2020

Orion 8" Astrograph on VX Mount

NexImage10 Camera

Image Acquisition iCap2.4

Y800 Codec
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Final Adjustments in Photoshop