2-panel Solar Mosaic - Nov. 17, 2011

Posted by CraigAndTammy
on Monday, November 21, 2011

Here is another mosaic that we made from the data we collected on November 17, 2011. 

This mosaic of the southwest portion of the sun includes four active regions with plages (solar flares) and filaments, as well as some prominences along the limb. AR1350 is located at the bottom of this image. Moving clockwise from AR1350 is AR1353, AR1354, and AR1352.

Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: LS50FHa Double-stack etalon; TeleVue 2.5x Powermate
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: Imaging Source DMK31
Exposure: 1/30 - 1/38sec.
Gain: 712 - 766
Length: 1:00 each x 2
Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 30fps
Processing: AVIStack2
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; ImagesPlus 4.5
Capture time: November 17, 2011, 10:48 - 11:08am
Capture conditions: ~54°F; transparency: Above Avg. 4/5; seeing: Poor 2/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA

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