Western Limb of the Sun: 08/10/24

 



Ha Solar Image


Object Data

Object type: Sun in Ha
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Notes:
A very active Western surface of the sun.  Sunspots  in AR3772  (the large area near bottom), AR 3774 and 3777  appear against a large prominence.  

Exposure Data

Date: August 10, 2024
Location: Backyard Observatory, Carlsbad, CA
Telescope: Lunt 100THa solar scope; double stack with 18mm blocking filter. 
Camera: FLIR Grasshopper 23S6M videocamera (Sony IMX 174)
Mount: Losmandy GM-11
Exposure time: 91 f/s (8.216 ms exp) for surface layer;  23 f/s (42.03 ms exposure) for the prominence layer
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Notes: Registered and combined 15% of the best 3000 frames from each layer.

 

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