AR12674 in H-alpha and white light (great seeing)

[pietervdv]

Hello all,

 

This morning during a clear spell I hauled the solarscope out and made these images of AR12674 (what a great region!). I took some shots with a tuned and detuned etalon (white light). I used a 150mm f/10 pst mod solarscope and a DMK31 to make these shots. The seeing was very good despite the low altitude of the sun. 30min after making these a massive thunderstorm swept over.

I also made an animation consisting of 30 15s movies that show the activity during 7.5min on the solar surface. Looks like I caught some running penumbral waves on the left spot. This may take some time to load...

http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/solar_mod/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif

 

Thanks for checking them out,

Regards and clear skies,

Pieter

[xtreemchaos]

Outstanding, amazing, wonderfull shots, well done Pieter. thanks, charl.

[Iainp]

Pieter, the animation has me literally open-mouthed! Absolutely incredible! 

Iain 

[Pete Presland]

What a set of images and animation. The detail in the images is sublime, the animation is so incredibly detailed. Amazing to see the movement in such a short time, no wonder stitching my mosaics can be a problem!

[Stu]

Pieter, those are quite simply some of the best solar images I've seen! The white light is absolutely stunning and don't get me started on the video! Amazing! ???

[Moonshane]

Amazing. Have never seen those little white light flares.

[tooth_dr]

Amazing, best solar stuff I've ever seen, hands down.  Thanks for sharing.

[GreatAttractor]

Great images, and the animation is a killer!

[pietervdv]

Thank you all for the generous comments! A large aperture solarscope can only truly deliver when the seeing is perfect. But when seeing is good, some very small details can be resolved. I could push the focal length to 2700mm.

1 hour ago, GreatAttractor said:

Great images, and the animation is a killer!

Thanks! Also for your great ImPPG software!

Pieter

[paulastro]

Well Pieter, I think others have already said all there is to say,   !  Thanks for sharing.