AR11339 in white light 6th November

[Montana]

Finally got around to processing my white light picture of AR11339 from Sunday. Sadly it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. This time I tried the Herschel wedge with a ND1.8 filter. This resulted in the avi files being very noisy (camera too hot I think) and a little over exposed (my fault). I also had a lot of atmospheric shake, I think I need more time for the telescope to cool now the weather is getting colder and the house warmer. All part of the learning curve, but unfortunately the left side is not as good as the right. This is a composite of 2 images to fit the monster in.

Taken with a 140mm refractor / Baader Herschel wedge + continuum filter / 5x powermate (f35) / DMK41

AR11339 2011-11-06 colour by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

AR11339 2011-11-06 by Alexandra's Astronomy, on Flickr

Alexandra

[Cschur]

Alexandra, you could frame that top one and its ready for display in the living room. Simply outstanding. Your superb granulation images are the ones I use to compare my miniscule efforts to tell if I have a good image or not. I cant catch you, yet...

[Merlin66]

Under the conditions, at f35 - you did very well!

The detail in the granulation, umbra and penumbra as well as the "light bridges" is first class!!

(BTW I sometimes wrap kitchen foil around the camera etc to reduce the direct sunlight/ heating)

Well done!!

[GreatAttractor]

These shots are great. The only thing I'd like to see more is a timelapse with this level of detail.

[Montana]

Thank you all for the encouragement.

Greatattractor, the only person I currently know of who has tried this is my good friend Luca, here is a link to his site:

http://www.amun-ra.org/NOAA_WL/11216/NOAA11216_05242011_WLmot.gif

Regards

Alexandra

[johnh]

This is another Wow detailed result, your name guarantees hi quality. Time lapse would be a challenge.

John.

[sheri_barri]

Lovely photo! Excellent capture of the light bridge!

[markt]

Stunning image Alexandra!!!

[Tim]

Really enjoyed this one Alexandra, cant believe that kind of detail in white light!

If your friend Luca isn't a member here, please send an invite, that animation is excellent.

Cheers

Tim