AR12859 & AR12860 - 25 August 2021

[Hughsie]

If photographing clouds and growing weeds were profitable I would be a millionaire by now!

Cloud dodging was the name of the game but I think my patience was rewarded. 

 

Images 1 & 2 - AR12859 located N20E25. Captured with a 4x Powermate and the equipment listed below. Comprised of a single spot and classified Hsx. Between 12:03 UT and 12:24 UT this region produced a small class B9.0 solar flare.

      

 

Images 3 & 4 - AR12860 located S27E36. Captured with a 4x Powermate. This region is comprised of 10 spots and classified Cao.

      

 

Images 5 & 6- A close up of AR12859 captured with a 4x Powermate. Presented in RGB and mono.

      

 

Images 7 & 8 - A close up of AR12860 captured with a 4x Powermate. Again, presented in RGB and mono.

      

 

 

Equipment;

• Lunt 60mm DS TH⍺/B1200CPT scope.
• ZWO ASI174mm camera and tilt adapter.
• SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro mount.
• Images acquired using SharpCap Pro.
• Barlow/Powermate as listed.

300 out of 1,000 frames stacked.

 

Thanks for viewing.

Edited August 25, 2021 by Hughsie
More images added

[Pete Presland]

Lovely captures Hugh, I have always like the inverted colour images of the Sun in H/A.