Sol in H⍺- 15 July 2021

[Hughsie]

A selection of what the Sun had to offer on 15 July.

 

Image 1 & 2 - An overview of the solar disc showing an active region, filaments and prominences. Presented in RGB and inverted. 25% of 1,000 frames stacked. Exposure time 2.4 ms, Gain =0.

     

 

Images 3 & 4 - Active region AR12842 (Classification Hsx) presented in RGB and inverted. 25% of 1,000 frames stacked. Exposure time 14ms, Gain = 50.

     

 

Images 5 & 6 - Anomalous prominence located on the South East limb and an estimation of its height. 100 out of 500 frames stacked. Exposure time 25 ms, Gain = 200.

     

 

Images 7 & 8 - Selection of prominences on the North West limb. 25% out of 500 frames stacked. Exposure time 35 ms, Gain = 150.

     

 

Finally, a short time-lapse for the prominences on the North West limb. 100 x 500 frame with 30 second gap inbetween.

 

Equipment

Lunt 60 mm TH⍺/B1200CPT scope.

ZWO ASI174mm camera.

SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro mount.

Altair Astro 3x Barlow used in images 3 through to 8.

Captured using SharpCap Pro.

Processed in ImPPG, PIPP, Affinity Photo and PixInsight.

 

Thanks for dropping by.

John

[Sunshine]

Brilliant images! I especially love how you include the distance markers and earth scale.

[Trevor N]

Very good. Particularly like the video sequence

[Chris-h]

Very nice! Love your animation