by Craig and Tammy Temple
The Sun was fairly active on June 6, 2011 when this image of Active Regions 1226
and 1227 were captured. AR1226 is the group of Sunspots toward the bottom of the
image, and AR1227 is the Sunspot above.
Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems
LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate
Mount: Orion Atlas
EQ-G performance tuned by Astrotroniks
Camera: Imaging Source
DMK31
Exposure: 1/60sec.
Gain: 481
Length: 2:00
Acquisition: IC
Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 30fps
Processing: Registax 6: best 65%
frames
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Capture time: June 6, 2011,
9:01am CDST
Capture conditions: 76°F; transparency: Avg. 3/5; seeing: thin,
intermittent clouds
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA