Solar faculae and surface

Posted by Tide Runner
on Saturday, July 24, 2010

by Ken Leone

 

This Solar B&W photo was taken in Shalimar, FL at 1130 CDT on 3/13/10 with an ETX-90 using a Canon G6 with a 40mm EP and light-blue filter.  It was shot at 1/125, f3.0 and enhanced with Photoshop.  The two dark spots half way to the North limb are Sun spots, the other spots are faculae.   The waves show the turbulent nature of the Sun's surface.  This was a surprising result with very basic equipment.

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