The Sun had much activity to share today. This mosaic shows the many sunspots (active regions), prominences, filaments, and plages that were spread across its surface. AR1776 & AR1773 (top left), AR1772 (top right), AR1775 (above middle right), AR1777 & AR1778 (bottom right) can be seen in the image above.
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: 32.9ms
Gain: 276
Length: 1:30 @ 30fps each panel (5 panels)
Acquisition: Fire Capture
Processing: Registax 6
Post-processing: ImagesPlus 5.0; Adobe Photoshop CS5
Capture time: June 23, 2013, 9:43am - 9:52am
Capture conditions: 84.6ºF - 85.8ºF ; transparency: Poor 1/5; seeing: Excellent 5/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA