Solar Mosaic in B&W - October 21, 2012

Posted by CraigAndTammy
on Monday, January 21, 2013

In this seven-panel mosaic image of our daytime star on 10-21-12 are three active regions/sunspots. Sunpot AR1598 is around the 2 o'clock position near the limb (edge). Moving diagonally to the left, you will find Sunspot AR1596. The sunspot toward the bottom-left in this shot is AR1591.

Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: JMI EV1n motorized focuser
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: Imaging Source DMK21
Exposure: 1ms each
Gain: 260 each
Length: 2:00 @ 60fps each (7 panels)
Acquisition: Fire Capture
Processing: Registax 6
Post-processing: ImagesPlus 5.0
Capture time: October 21, 2012, 10:19am – 10:35am
Capture conditions: 67.1ºF – 68.4ºF; transparency: Avg 3/5; seeing: Avg 3/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA
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