Solar Images

  • The Sun 21/11/2024

    The Sun's South Western region captured with a Lunt Hydrogen Alpha Telescope.

    A large prominence extends 125,000 km out - approximately 10 earth diameters in length. Around the sun's edge you can make out spicules ranging from 3,000 - 10,000 km high.

    A prominence can be seen extending on the face of the sun where it becomes known as a filament. These are usually dark but in this case it appears lighter as the disk has been reversed to enhance detail.

    Likewise the dark areas are normally bright and are known as plages which mark the site of active regions.

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  • The Sun 07/09/2024

    As the sun approaches it's peak of an 11 year solar cycle more sunspots appear on the disc.

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  • The Sun 27/08/2022

    A large prominence stretching 135,705km in the sun's southern region. Imaged with a Lunt LS40THa B500 hydrogen alpha telescope.

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  • The Sun 21/08/2022

    Our star is 149,000,000 km away and its light takes 8.3 minutes to reach us. The sun has diameter of 1,392,000 km and would fit 109 earths across it. The accompanying image shows Earth's size in comparison to a solar prominence. Imaged with a Lunt hydrogen alpha telescope.

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  • Transit of Venus 06/06/2012

    Venus transiting the solar disc with sunspots also visible. Taken with the Meade EXT70AT with 2x barlow, solar filter, stock Canon 1100D, adjust in Photoshop.

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  • Solar Disc 12/05/2021

    Includes sunspot region 2822 (upper) and 2823 (lower). Taken with the C8 HD Edge with .63 reducer, Opt. L-Pro filter, ASI1600MC-C. 18.889 seconds over 63 frames. Firecapture, AutoStakkert 3, Photoshop.

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  • Sunspot Region 16/10/2020

    Sunspot Region 2776 taken with the C8 HD Edge, stock Canon 1100D at prime focus 100iso. Backyard EOS (1min Avi), AutoStakkert 3, RegiStax6, Photoshop.

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  • The Sun 23/05/2022

    Taken with the C8 HD Edge, .70 reducer, wedge, white light filter, ASI1600MC-C. 322 frames captured in ASICap, stacked in AutoStakkert 3 and processed in Photoshop.

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  • The Sun 02/08/2022

    Taken with the Lunt LS40THa B500, ASI224MC. Close ups with 2.5 Powermate. Captured in Firecapture, stacked in AutoStakkert 3, wavelets in RegiStax6 and processed in Photoshop.

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