black paper Pastel sketch of the H alpha sun, June 26th

[acr_astro]

Dear all,

these days we have a sunny and hot summer over here. Today I tried to capture the "aura" of the sun caused by some dust in our atmosphere when doing the pastel sketch of the H alpha solar disc. I spent almost half an hour with the solar disc and its aura and then just 15 minutes for the proms and filaments. So here's the result:

 

Telescope: Lunt LS50THaB600PT
Eyepiece: Celestron X-cel 10mm
Date & Time: June 26th, 2019 /1030-1115 CEST
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: red and orange Koh-i-Noor pastels and pastel pens on black Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper
Size: 24 x 32 cm

Clear (and sunny) skies!

Achim

Edited June 26, 2019 by acr_astro

[Cozzy]

I like that, great work, nicely rendered

[Ruud]

Looks so warm! 

It felt warm too the past few days.

[acr_astro]

Hello Cozzy and Ruud,

thanks for watching and your kind words!

Thanks to the others for waching and liking the sketch!

Clear skies

Achim