Sunspot 944

[Greg]

Little dinky one this..Managed to get it between clouds, showers and childcare!

[Jamie]

Nice capture Greg.....

[Andrew*]

I saw that one in my 10x50s today and yesterday. We're actually getting some :sunny: these days! Very nice pic. How do you get the pink tinge?

Andrew

[geppetto]

Nailed good and propper Greg 8)

How do you get the pink tinge?

Too much jelly

[Greg]

Too much jelly

Noooooo :shock:

Andrew,

To get the detail out it was processed in PS using levels and curves and a little unsharp mask. The pink tinge came from the initial processing stage in RAW format..

Some times you can pick out some granulation when you adjust the levels and curves...

[Greg]

A re-edit to pull out as much colour as possible!!

[dazza1639]

Nice images Greg

Darren

[Kai]

Just spent the last 10 mins observing this

Wow i remember why i bought a scope now

[lunator]

Greg

Well done, nice image.

The second pic mottling is granulation?

Cheers

Ian

[Greg]

The second pic mottling is granulation

Yes Ian,

Interesting thing is that you're not supposed to be able to see it with Baader solar film...I may be wrong mind.

[FLO]

Nice one Greg

You have also caught something on the outer edge.

[Greg]

Yes steve,

I noticed that, I have processed it to bring it out. The pics gone off to my tutor my theory is that it's a couple of plages??

Again supposidly not visible in whit light.

Greg

[Astroman]

Plages and granulation are very much visible in white light. They're just very subtle and take practice to see. The more you look, the more you see! I tend to get better views of plages with a Baader filter and when they're located near the limb, since the limb darkening increases the contrast. You can see them around sunspots, too, but patience is a must.

[Greg]

Thanks AM..

[FLO]

I tend to get better views of plages with a Baader filter...

Which one AM?

This one? http://www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=bsolconti

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

A nice view of the plage ( =beach, or does it mean something else?), can be had using the PST. Haven't been able to image the sun for ages now. The PST needs dusting off again.

Captain Chaos

[Astroman]

Sorry Steve, I meant the solar film over the full aperture. I sometimes put in an orange or red wratten filter in the EP for contrast. They do show up well in my dedicated solar scopes, too.

[FLO]

Aah