Surface of the Sun in Ha: 11/08/24 

 


The Sun in Ha


Object Data

Object type: Solar
Magnitude: -26.7
Constellation:  
Distance: 8.3 light-minutes 
   
Notes: A capture of our Sun in Ha this morning.  This is the east surface and limb showing abundant filaments and sunspot activity associated with AR 3889 (near limb) and 3886 (midline, bottom of image)   AR 3889 has the potential to produce an X-class solar flare.

Exposure Data

Date: 11/08/24
Location: Backyard Solar Observatory, Carlsbad, CA
Lense: Lunt 100THa solar scope; double stack with 18mm bllocking filter.  2.5x TeleVue Powermate
Camera: FLIR Grasshopper video camera: 23S6M videocamera (Sony IMX 174)
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Exposure time:
Exposure time total: Two layers (surface and prom) x 3000 frames each.
Notes: Registered and combined 15% of the best 3000 frames; combined and inverted

 

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