by Craig and Tammy Temple
The Sun was real active today, giving us an opportunity to capture some great prominences. This false-color image shows some of the larger proms that were visible during our imaging session.
Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems
LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate
Mount: Orion Atlas
EQ-G performance tuned by Astrotroniks
Camera: Imaging Source
DMK31
Exposure: 1/15sec.
Gain: 852
Length: 3:00
Acquisition: IC
Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 15fps
Processing: Registax 6: best 75%
frames
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Capture time: June 6, 2011,
8:46am CDST
Capture conditions: 76°F; transparency: Avg. 3/5; seeing: Exc.
5/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA