by Craig and Tammy Temple
The Sun was showing off for viewers and imagers today, June 6, 2011, with a great showing of sunspots and prominences. This is a false-color image showing a portion of the Sun where there were some nice proms visible.
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: 1/30sec.
Gain: 900
Length: 3:00
Acquisition: IC
Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 30fps
Processing: Registax 6: best 75%
frames
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Capture time: June 6, 2011,
8:38am CDST
Capture conditions: 76°F; transparency: Avg. 3/5; seeing: Exc.
5/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA