Solar Prominences - June 23, 2013

Posted by CraigAndTammy
on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

This image of the Sun has the surface blacked out to showcase the great prominences on the solar limb.

Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: JMI EV1n motorized focuser; LS50FHa Double-stack etalon
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: Imaging Source DMK31
Exposure: 59.2ms
Gain: 438
Length: 1:30 @ 15fps
Acquisition: Fire Capture
Processing: Registax 6
Post-processing: ImagesPlus 5.0; Adobe Photoshop CS5
Capture time: June 23, 2013, 9:56am
Capture conditions: 86.5ºF; transparency: Poor 1/5; seeing: Excellent 5/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA
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