It was not a good day for solar imaging, but I pointed my scope (with solar filter, of course) at the sun and waited for a break in the clouds. I finally got a bit of one and captured 2000 frames of video. Normally, I tell the software to pick the top 25%, but that stack had weird artifacts. Lowering to 5% produced a really nice image, which might be my favorite yet.
From left to right, #sunspots AR3600 and AR3599, as imaged during noon today through an infrared filter. You can see the solar granulation too. It is amazing what one can do today with amateur equipment! #Astrophotography#Astrodon#Science#Astronomy
The #sun just launched 3 huge #SolarFlares in 24 hrs. What it means.
3 top-tier #Xclass#solar flares launched off the sun between Wed & Thurs. The first 2 occurred 7 hrs apart, coming in at X1.9 & X1.6 magnitude respectively. The 3rd, the most powerful of the current 11-yr “solar cycle,” ranked an impressive X6.3.
#SolarFlares, or bursts of #radiation, are ranked on a scale that goes from A, B & C to M & X, in increasing order of intensity. They usually originate from #sunspots, or bruiselike discolorations on the surface of the #sun.
Sunspots are most common near the height of the 11-year #solar cycle. The current cycle, number 25, is expected to reach its peak this year. The more sunspots, the more opportunities for solar flares.
“Peel off our skin, we're gonna burn what we were to the ground
Fuck in the fire, and we'll spread all the ashes around
I wanna kill away the rest of what's left and I do
Yes, I do”
The winter solstice sure is an interesting time to take up solar photography 😒. This is an image from around noon EST every day for the last 4 days. You can see the sunspots change somewhat over time, but also move as the sun rotates!
As ever, don't point your camera or your eyes directly at the sun without proper protection!
Pretty interesting to see the changes in the sun from just a couple days ago. It's awfully easy to just grab 3 minutes of frames on the sun after a nighttime imaging session, so I'll keep them coming. I do need to figure out the proper orientation since my telescope is on an equatorial mount and rotated 90 degrees from that axis. I'll just keep it consistent so when I figure it out I can rotate the images.
Fun in the sun! Rather than its normal night owl duties, my telescope was pointed at the sun to capture some images. I used a homemade solar filter, pointed the scope at the sun using NINA, and then used FireCapture to grab 5000 frames of video. I then used AutoStakkert to stack the image taking the best 10%, so 500 frames. From there, Iused Lightroom for some final tweaks and noise reduction. Not bad for my first try!
Oh, hey there local star friend! Just stuck my homemade solar filter on my telescope and took a single image through the clouds. I can already see some sunspots if I look closely. More to come for sure! 😎🌞
Here's a picture of the spotty sun taken this morning from my backyard observatory. Some lovely sunspots and faculae were visible! #sun#sunspots#astronomy#NewZealand
Today’s #sunspots as seen through an Hydrogen-alpha filter and a Baader AstroSolar film filter. Lots of detail, the #convection granules can be seen. They are typically 1500 km wide. #Astrodon#astrophotography
This is a photo of the sun, complete with sunspots. I took this photo to prepare for the upcoming October solar eclipse. Nikon Df camera, Maksutov-Cassegrain MC MTO-11CA 1000mm F/10 mirror lens, Thousand Oaks Optical solar filter. Shot at F/10, ISO 100, 1:60 with cabled shutter release. (c) 2023 Chuck Miller, all rights reserved. #photography#sunshine#sunspots#astrophotography#astrophoto
Image: World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo (top); NASA/SDO, AIA, EVE, HMI science teams (bottom)
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