Sunspot AR1515

Posted by Rod Pommier
on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

by Rod Pommier

Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA.

Date & Time: 2012-07-07 20:50 UT.

Equipment: Celestron Compustar C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f/40. Baader Planetarium solar filter. Point Grey Research Flea3 Color Camera. Best 300 frames . The images were colorized.

Sunspot  group AR1515 as it is rounding the solar western solar limb. Faculae can be seen around the sunspot group. 

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