Full Disk Image on 4/5/22

 



Ha Solar Image


Object Data

Object type: Sun
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Notes:

As Solar Sunspot Cycle 25 reaches its peak sometime in 2023-2024, the band of sunspots and filaments covering the lower 1/3 of the disk shown in this image will migrate toward to equator - a sign that the peak is near.


Exposure Data

Date: 04/05/22
Location: Backyard Observatory, Carlsbad, CA
Telescope: Lunt LS100T Ha Double Stack solar scope
Camera: FLIR Grasshopper 23S6M videocamera
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Exposure time: 10% of 3000 frames
Exposure time total: 22 f/s
Notes: 2.5x TeleVue Powermate barlow for an effective FL of 1735mm

 

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