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The sun, captured in color using a ZWO ASI533 MC Pro CMOS camera. The image was taken using a Daystar Quarks Chromosphere filter and a UV light filter to reduce heating. The telescope used was a Explore Scientific ED 102mm APO Triplet refractor. The equatorial mount used was a Sky-Watcher EQR-6 Pro.

The Sun's chromosphere captured in Hydrogen Alpha light, using a Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter at 7 Angstrom, and a monochrome CMOS camera. The telescope used was a 5" APO Triplet refractor, using 9 sub-frames.

The image of the Sun was captured in Calcium-K light, using a Baader filter combined with a Daystar Quark Calcium-H line filter. The camera used was an ASI174 CMOS monochrome camera, and a UV light filter to reduce heating. The Explore Scientific ED 102mm APO Triplet refractor at F/28 was used and mounted on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro equatorial mount.

Awful! Forgot to use LPO filter.... The Whale Galaxy and NGC 4656

A closer look at the sunspot AR2833, reveals the dark feature of the Umbra and some details around the lighter Penumbra. The image was captured on 06/18/2021 at 1:15 PM ET, using a Daystar Quark H-Alpha filter with an internal 4x telecentric barlow, at 0.5 Angstrom bandwidth and a UV/IR filter to reduce scattered UV light & heating. The telescope used was a Lunt 80mm MT APO refractor and an Altair 174M Hypercam - monochrome, fan cooled camera, using 504 recorded SER images. The software used was AutoStakkert 3.1.4 & Registax 6 for stacking the image and wavelet enhancement.

The Sunspot AR2833 was recorded on 06/18/2021 at 1:40 PM ET. You will notice the faculae all around AR2833 and on the suns disk. The Umbra & Penumbra are also visible in AR2833. The activity has been recorded on Spaceweather.com as AR2824, after being on the far side of the sun, and now has been renumbered to AR2833. The image was captured using a Daystar Quark Calcium H-Line filter, at 3968.5A (angstrom). The solar scope used was a Lunt 80mm MT APO refractor and Altair 174M Hypercam monochrome, fan cooled camera using 136, recorded SER images. Resources: Spacewather.com https://lnkd.in/dS_4CBV National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://lnkd.in/dBTqhBH

The Sunflower Galaxy, in Canes Venatici boast approximately 400 billion stars. The image was captured on May 05/17/2021 at 3:07 AM ET, using 59 minutes of exposure time. The instrument used was a six-inch APO triplet refractor and CMOS color camera with a temperature of -22 Celsius; the Optolong L-Pro filter was used to reduce the light pollution.

NGC 6205 or Messier 13, the image was captured using the ASI2600 OSC & Optolong L-Pro filter and 13 minutes of exposure time. Included in the optical train was the ES ED165 mm APO Air spaced F/7 Triplet refractor.