Full sun disc in H alpha

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

today I set up the Lunt 50 on the terrace to have a quick look at our star. At first I was a bit disappointed since there were no large prominences visible. At a second glance and with some fine tuning of the Etalon, I recognized that the solar surface was looking fine too: The two sun spots AR2524 (the left one in the sketch), AR2526 (the right one), some filaments - and at the edge even a small protuberance were visible. I took a pencil sketch of the whole disc in my observation logbook. Here's a scan of it:

 

Telescope: Lunt LS50THaB600PT

Eyepieces: Skywatcher Planetary 5mm, Celestron X-cel 10mm

Date & Time: March 26th, 2016 / 1200-1230 CET

Location: Home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany

Technique: 2H, HB and 2B pencils on white sketching paper

 

Clear - and sunny - skies!

Achim

[jabeoo1]

Well done Achim,

Thats a great sketch and a very capable scope.  I am often mistaken by the blandness at first glance, it really does take some time to get things tuned on the sweet spot but once the eye gets in the details reveal themselves really well. 

[Pete Presland]

Fabulously detailed sketch, great stuff!

[Davey-T]

Nice sketch Achim, brings a new dimension to the Sun.

Dave

[Knighty2112]

Great work. Well done!  

[N3ptune]

Great and interesting drawing, thanks for sharing it. Lunt can see a lot of things. (:

[mariosi]

Nice sun sketch in H-a.well done! 

 

Marios 

[laudropb]

Very nice sketch. Lovely detail captured.

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thanks a lot for the nice feedback!

Achim