An Extremely Active Sun Imaged in Ha: 11/09/24 

 


The Sun in Ha


Object Data

Object type: Solar
Magnitude: -26.7
Constellation:  
Distance: 8.3 light-minutes 
   
Notes: A capture of the eastern surface and limb of the Sun in Ha this morning.  Sunspots in AR 3889 release multiple filaments and plages.  

Exposure Data

Date: 11/09/24
Location: Backyard Solar Observatory, Carlsbad, CA
Lense: Lunt 100THa solar scope; double stack with 18mm blocking filter.  2.5x TeleVue Powermate
Camera: FLIR Grasshopper video camera: 23S6M videocamera (Sony IMX 174)
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Exposure time: Frame rates of 100/sec for surface layer and 24/sec for the prominences
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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