5-panel Solar Mosaic - Nov. 17, 2011

Posted by CraigAndTammy
on Friday, November 18, 2011

The sun was quite active on November 17, 2011, so we decided to put together this 5-panel mosaic of some interesting regions. This image shows some nice prominences, plages, and filaments, as well as a huge filaprom that spans a good distance of the sun.

Telescope: Lunt Solar Systems LS60THa/B1200CPT
Accessories: LS50FHa Double-stack etalon; TeleVue 2.5x Powermate
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: Imaging Source DMK31
Exposure: 1/30 - 1/38sec.
Gain: 746 - 793
Length: 1:00 each x 5
Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) @ 30fps
Processing: AVIStack2
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; ImagesPlus 4.5
Capture time: November 17, 2011, 10:48 - 11:08am
Capture conditions: ~54°F; transparency: Above Avg. 4/5; seeing: Poor 2/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA
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