This image was created by "stitching" 16 individual images together to
create a mosaic of the outer edge of the Sun showing the prominences.
Then 20 individual images were "stitched" together to create a mosaic of
the surface of the Sun. We then combined the two mosaics together to
form the composite. All of the data for this project was captured on
June 29, 2011. It took 26 minutes to capture but took us 27 days to
process it all to completion....whew!!!
Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G performance tuned by Astrotroniks, controlled by EQMOD
Camera: Imaging Source DMK31
Exposure: 1/15sec. (prominences), 1/92sec. (surface)
Gain: 854 (prominences), 490 (surface)
Length: 16 panels @ 1:00 each (prominences); 20 panels @ 1:00 each (surface)
Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) 16 @ 15fps (prominences), 30fps (surface)
Processing: Registax 6: stack each frame set, wavelets
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5: align frames
Capture time: June 29, 2011, 10:20am CDST - 11:06am CDST
Capture conditions: 80.2°F; transparency: Above Avg. 4/5; seeing: Good 4/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA