The Sun – interesting ‘shapes’

The Sun

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The Sun Prominence 14 April 2023 ~ 08:40UT

The Sun Prominence 14 April 2023 ~ 08:40UT
Blue

 

The Sun Prominence 14 April 2023 ~ 08:40UT

The Sun Prominence 14 April 2023 ~ 08:40UT

 

The Sun AR3276-79-82 - 14 April 2023 - 08:10UT

The Sun AR3276-79-82 – 14 April 2023 – 08:10UT
This area was starting to flare-up – Still testing, so no good image!

 

The Sun - 11 April 2023 - 3 prominences ~10:28 UT

The Sun – 11 April 2023 – 3 prominences ~10:28 UT
EQ6 – Pro (Old one) + AR90/900 + PST mod + QHY 174M mini – testing after fixing various problems… i.e. EQ cable re-soldering (!), USB3 Extension misbehaving, Tested setup after inserting a 25mm extension to the train. Next time will have to fix more!

 

Sunspot AR3272 - 11 April 2023 10:24UT

Sunspot AR3272 – 11 April 2023 10:24UT
EQ6 Pro – AR90/900 +D-ERF + PST mod – QHY 174M mini
Part of the M1.3 flare class, missed huge one by a minute or so

 

Sunspot AR3272 - Part of larger flare

Sunspot AR3272 – Part of larger flare

 

The Sun AR3272 AR 3273 11 April 2023 09:28UT

The Sun AR3272 AR 3273 11 April 2023 09:28UT
AR3273 flaring up!

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - 13:45UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – 13:45UT
AR152 988mm 300×300 ROI 174m

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - 13:38UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – 13:38UT
AR152 988mm 300×300 ROI 174m

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - 13:45UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – 13:45UT
AR152 988mm 300×300 ROI 174m

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - 13:33UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – 13:33UT
AR152 988mm 300×300 ROI 174m

 

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The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:24UT
Tested Altair 2” Solar Wedge on AR152 988mm – QHYCCD 174M mini
This is obviously NOT Calcium, just purple colourised to notice more whitish areas

The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:11UT
Tested Altair 2” Solar Wedge on AR152 988mm – QHYCCD 174M mini
[Hover image to change colour]

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:11 UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:11 UT
Prominences

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:11 UT Collage

The Sun 13 July 2022 ~ 13:11 UT Collage

 

The Sun AR13055 better view - 13 July 2022 11:23UT

The Sun AR13055 better view – 13 July 2022 11:23UT
AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M

 

The Sun AR13055 - 13 July 2022 11:06UT

The Sun AR13055 – 13 July 2022 11:06UT
AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M

 

The Sun - AR13053 - 13 July 2022 - 11:01UT

The Sun – AR13053 – 13 July 2022 – 11:01UT
AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - Huge Filament and friends! - 10:54UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – Huge Filament and friends! – 10:54UT – Re-processed to show more what is going on within the blackness of the filament…

AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M

 

 

The Sun 13 July 2022 - Huge Filament and friends! - 10:54UT

The Sun 13 July 2022 – Huge Filament and friends! – 10:54UT
AR90/900 – PST mod – QHYCCD 174M

 

The Sun 10 July 2022 - 11:04 UT

The Sun 10 July 2022 – 11:04 UT
AR90/900 – D-ERF – PST-mod – QHYCCD 174M mini

 

The Sun 10 July 2022 - 08:51 UT

The Sun 10 July 2022 – 08:51 UT
AR90/900 – D-ERF – PST-mod – QHYCCD 174M mini

 

 

The Sun - 6 April 2021 - 08:55UT

The Sun – 6 April 2021 – 08:55UT

 

AR90/900 DIY Solar Telescope + QHY 174M mini

 

The SUN 30 March 2021 ~11:13UT

The SUN 30 March 2021 ~11:13UT

 

March 2021 ~11:11UT

March 2021 ~11:11UT

 

The SUN 30 March 2021 ~10:19UT

The SUN 30 March 2021 ~10:19UT

 

The Sun 24 March 2021 ~13:12UT

The Sun 24 March 2021 ~13:12UT

 

The Sun 24 March 2021 ~13:10UT

The Sun 24 March 2021 ~13:10UT

 

The Sun 2811 2812 - 24 March 2021 ~12:43UT

The Sun 2811 2812 – 24 March 2021 ~12:43UT
SW 72ED Altair Solar Wedge first test QHY5III174M – Not good focus + wind and fast clouds – getting there.

 

The Sun - 24 March 2021 ~12:42UT

The Sun – 24 March 2021 ~12:42UT
Sunspots 2812 – 2811 – 2806 SW72ED Altair Solar Wedge QHY5III174M

 

The Sun - 2808 - 12 Mar 2021 11:18UT

The Sun – 2808 – 12 Mar 2021 11:18UT

 

The Sun - 2808 - 12 Mar 2021 ~11:14UT

The Sun – 2808 – 12 Mar 2021 ~11:14UT

 

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 - 11:57UT - 2804

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 – 11:57UT – 2804

 

The Sun 26 Fe b 2021 - 11:51UT

The Sun 26 Fe b 2021 – 11:51UT
Re-processed 22 January 2023

 

The Sun 26 Fe b 2021 - 11:51UT

The Sun 26 Fe b 2021 – 11:51UT – Hear hear, I found The Sun’s ear !

 

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 - 11:43UT

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 – 11:43UT

 

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 ~11:25UT

The Sun 26 Feb 2021 ~11:25UT

 

The Sun 24 June 2020 - 09:34UT

The Sun 24 June 2020 – 09:34UT
AR90/900 PST mod x5 cheap Barlow QHY5III174M – Just a morning test, too hot and too busy with other house-jobs – no Flats!

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 13:22UT
AR90/900 DIY Solar Telescope + QHY 174M mini

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 - 13:06UT

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 13:06UT
1st day using 174M, this was a 960×600 ROI , to see what it was AR90/900 PST mod QHY5III174M

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 - 12:56UT

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 12:56UT
Ar90/900 PST mod 75mm D-ERF QHY5III174M x5 cheap Barlow

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 - 11:59UT

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 11:59UT
AR90/900 PST mod QHY5III174M – Full Frame

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 - 11:30UT

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 11:30UT
AR90/900 + PST mod + 174M

 

The Sun 30 May 2020 - 11:10UT

The Sun 30 May 2020 – 11:10UT
Ar90/900 PST mod D-ERF QHY5III174M x5 cheap Barlow

 

The Sun 20 May 2020 - 13:41UT

The Sun 20 May 2020 – 13:41UT

 

The Sun 20 May 2020 - 13:41UT

The Sun 20 May 2020 – 13:41UT

 

The Sun - 20 May 2020 - 13:16UT

The Sun – 20 May 2020 -13:16UT

 

The Sun 14 May 2020 - 09:58UT

The Sun 14 May 2020 – 09:58UT

 

The Sun – Prominence video 14 May 2020 – 09:46UT

 

The Sun 14 May 2020 - 10:24UT

The Sun 14 May 2020 – 10:24UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 14 May 2020 - 09:42UT

The Sun 14 May 2020 – 09:42UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 06 May 2020 - 09:56UT

Re-Processed and only used Prominence file to show it better

 

The Sun 06 May 2020 - 09:56UT

Re-Processed and only used Prominence

 

The Sun 06 May 2020 - 09:56UT

The Sun 06 May 2020 – 09:56UT
AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 06 May 2020 - 09:41UT

The Sun 06 May 2020 – 09:41UT

 

The Sun 06 May 2020 - 09:36UT

The Sun 06 May 2020 – 09:36UT AR90/900 + Baader D-ERF + Focuser + PST mod + 2nd Focuser + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 20 April 20202 - 08:36UT

The Sun 20 April 20202 – 08:36UT

 

The Sun 20 Apr 2020 08:42UT AR90/900 Solar Mod

The Sun 20 Apr 2020
08:42UT AR90/900 Solar Mod
Just a different processing and editing

 

The Sun 20 April 2020 08:42UT

The Sun 20 April 2020 08:42UT

 

The Sun 20 April 20202 - 08:36UT

The Sun 20 April 20202 – 08:36UT

 

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 - 10:26UT

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 – 10:26UT                          Last image of the day!

 

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 - 10:13UT

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 – 10:13UT

 

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 - 09:10UT

The Sun 08 Sep 2019 – 09:10UT                            1st Acquisition of the day – not very good! AR90/900 PST modded Altair Hypercam 178M EQ6 – 1st type + ASCOM + CDC

 

The Sun - 04 Sep 2019 - 08:28UT

The Sun – 04 Sep 2019 – 08:28UT Clouded up, by the time I managed to image it – my usual luck! AR90/900 + PST Etalon + D-ERF + SCT mod + Altair Hypercam 178M If you look for a bit, I believe it forms a large rightward spiral.

 

The Sun - 25 Aug 2019 - 14:42UT

The Sun – 25 Aug 2019 – 14:42UT Tested AR90/900 with standard cheap x5 Barlow Just to see how much I could reach in magnification In this case it was Altair 178M – 2x Binning – 800×600 ROI I guess, if I find a stable atmosphere, I will get into focus better This was really a small area barely visible in full disc mode!

 

The Sun 25 Aug 2019 - 10:28UT

The Sun 25 Aug 2019 – 10:28UT Attempted x5 Barlow on a AR90/900 – usual kit

 

The Sun 25 Aug 2019 - 09:29UT

The Sun 25 Aug 2019 – 09:29UT Gear as mentioned … I did not have great surface + flats

 

The Sun 25 August 2019 - 08:59UT

The Sun 25 August 2019 – 08:59UT AR90/900 – PST – SCT + AR102 focusers + D-ERF Altair 178M Binning x2 – 640×480 frame 0 testing

 

The Sun and Air-plane 24 Aug 2019

The Sun and Air-plane 24 Aug 2019
How difficult to catch a whole plane over The Sun at 640×420 ROI !

 

The Sun and Air-plane 24 Aug 2019How difficult to catch a whole plane over The Sun at 640×420 ROI !

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 09:00UT

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 09:00UT AR90/900 – PST/SCT mod PST/SCT mod temporarily holding on a Tuna Fish Tin & 10-15mm of Etalon Focus

 

The Sun 26 July 2019 - 08:59UT

The Sun 26 July 2019 – 08:59UT AR90/900 – PST/SCT mod – Altair 178M 640 x 480

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 08:58UT

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:58UT AR90/900 PST/SCT mod Altair 178M This was a tiny spot, cheap telescope optics managed to get it

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 08:52UT

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:52UT AR90/900 + SCT mod + Altair 178M Test 1052×760

 

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:46UT Low Resolution of Video of below image

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 08:46UT

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:46UT Same as previous image but slightly higher resolution 1024×768

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 08:45UT

The Sun – 26 July 2019 – 08:45UT AR90/900 + PST/SCT mod 1st TEST – cloudy and only 43 frames! This is 800×600 frame on a Altair 178M

 

The Sun 26 July 2019 - 08:40UT

The Sun 26 July 2019 – 08:40UT AR90/900 – PST/SCT mod – Altair 178M 800 x 600

 

The Sun 26 July 2019 - 08:32UT

The Sun 26 July 2019 – 08:32UT AR90/900 – PST/STC mod Altair 178M test at Full Resolution

 

The Sun- 25 July 2019 - 10:19UT

The Sun- 25 July 2019 – 10:19UT PST + SCT Focuser mod + Altair 178M

 

The Sun - 26 July 2019 - 09:45UT

The Sun 10 July 2019 – 14:47UT – AR152 masked to 100mm – PST mod test – no ERF – just a RED filter Green was edited by me – it looks better!

 

The Sun - 10 July 2019 - 13:41UT - setup Test

The Sun – 10 July 2019 – 13:41UT – setup Test This area was very small, possibly N-E or S-W not far from disc edge Testing: Explorer Scientific AR152 F/6.5 cut down to 100mm F/9.8 Altair Hypercam 178M 1/2 resolution 1520×1024 8bit – PST Etalon I am not there yet, possibly at 60% capability now and could not tune Etalon well… … also considering that day was very much cloudy/hazy at all times, I am happy I am getting there!

 

The Sun Prominence 26 June 2019 14:48UT
Short testing: AR152 – PST Mod 2.5!

 

The Sun - 09 June 2019 - 09:41UT

The Sun – 09 June 2019 – 09:41UT Coronado PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M This is an extrapolation from a much larger image – almost full disc

 

The Sun - 29 May 2019 - 07:54UT

The Sun – 29 May 2019 – 07:54UT PST SS – SCT Focuser – Altair Hypercam 178M Hazy and just before clouds came over !

 

The Sun 22 May 2019 - 11:27UT

The Sun 22 May 2019 – 11:27UT PST (Single Stack) with SCT 10:1 Focuser test Just notice the change of activity in just 30 minutes with previous image o r maybe it was just The Sun rotating.

 

The Sun 22 May 2019 - 11:23UT

The Sun 22 May 2019 – 11:23UT PST SCT mod – Altair Hypercam 178M This image, although is nothing special, came out of almost nothing. Prominence was very tiny with PST and from a small 320c240 ROI, then elaborated with several programs I managed to get something out.

 

The Sun 22 May 2019 - 10:58UT

The Sun 22 May 2019 – 10:58UT PST (Single Stack) with SCT 10:1 Focuser test

 

 

The Sun 12741 - 15 May 2019 - 10:05UT

The Sun 12741 – 15 May 2019 – 10:05UT PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M Area=1140×768 – Binning= 2×2

 

The Sun - 15 May 2019 - 09:30UT

The Sun – 15 May 2019 – 09:30UT Coronado Ss PST – Altair Hypercam 178M

 

The Sun - A2741 - 15 May 2019 - 08:51UT

The Sun – A2741 – 15 May 2019 – 08:51UT Coronado PST SS – Altair Hypercam 178M Area=1520×1024 Binning=2×2

 

The Sun 15 May 2019 - 08:34UT

The Sun 15 May 2019 – 08:34UT Coronado SS PST – Altair Hypercam 178M

 

The Sun 12741 - 15 May 2019 - 07:18UT

The Sun 12741 – 15 May 2019 – 07:18UT PST SS – Altair Hypercam 178M – this image is an extrapolation of below image

 

The Sun - 12741 - 15 May 2019 - 07:18UT

The Sun – 12741 – 15 May 2019 – 07:18UT PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M

 

The Sun 12740-41 - 15 May 2019 - 07:26UT

The Sun 12740-41 – 15 May 2019 – 07:26UT PST Single Stack – Altair Hypercam 178M

 

The Sun 22 April 2019 - 12:08UT

The Sun 22 April 2019 – 12:08UT PST (Single Stack) – Altair 178M The always changing Prominences!

 

The Sun 22 April 2019 - 10:12UT

The Sun 22 April 2019 – 10:12UT PST (single stack) – Altair 178M

 

The Sun 22 April 2019 - 10:06UT

The Sun 22 April 2019 – 10:06UT PST (single stack) – Altair 178M

 

The Sun 22 April 2019 - 08:58UT

The Sun 22 April 2019 – 08:58UT PST (single stack) – Altair 178M

 

The Sun 20 April 2019 - 14:16UT

The Sun 20 April 2019 – 14:16UT PST [single stack] Altair 178M

The Sun 20 April 2019 - 13:08UT

The Sun 20 April 2019 – 13:08UT PST ST Altair 178M

 

The Sun 20 April 2019 - 12:52UT

The Sun 20 April 2019 – 12:52UT PST single stack Altair 178M

 

The Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 09:44UT

The Sun 24 Mar 2019 – 09:44UT Coronado PST SS + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 24 Mar 2019 - 09:11UT

The Sun 24 Mar 2019 – 09:11UT Coronado PST Single Stack + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 13 Mar 2019 - 14:20UT

The Sun 13 Mar 2019 – 14:20UT 1st Solar Full Disc – Coronado PST Altair 178M – bad flats … still learning!

 

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 - 13:45UT

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 – 13:45UT This is 45m later and small bottom left prominence disappeared

 

The Sun 13 Mar 2019 - 13:34UT

The Sun 13 Mar 2019 – 13:34UT Coronado PST + 178M

 

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 - 13:00UT

The Sun on a very windy day 13 Mar 2019 – 13:00UT Had to do a lot of Pausing to try and reduce cloudy frames – PST + Altair 178M

 

The Sun - 27 Feb 2019 - 11:00UT Coronado PST

The Sun – 27 Feb 2019 – 11:00UT Coronado PST + Altair 178M

 

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 - 10.40UT

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 – 10.40UT Coronado PST Altair 178M – test 3

 

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 - 10:30UT

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 – 10:30UT Coronado PST – Altair 178M – IR/UV Filter

 

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 - 10:15UT

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 – 10:15UT Coronado PST – Altair 178M

 

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 - 09:43UT

The Sun 27 Feb 2019 – 09:43UT Just a curiosity test with the old ToUcam and PST

 

The Sun 27 February 2019 - 11:59UT

The Sun 27 February 2019 – 11:59UT Enlargement of previous image to show filament a bit better

 

The Sun 17 February 2019 - 11:59UT

The Sun 17 February 2019 – 11:59UT Coronado PST – Altair 178M – First attempt [just got PST] as there was a Long Filament I did not want to miss, at least observing it! This is my very first image!

The Sun 16 Apr 2016 Sunspot 2529

The Sun 16 Apr 2016
Sunspot 2529

 

The Sun 16 Apr 2016

The Sun 16 Apr 2016

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 23 May 2015

Sunspots 23 May 2015

 

Sunspots 4 April 2015

Sunspots 4 April 2015

 

Sunspot 22 March 2015

Sunspot 22 March 2015

08 June 2004 11:07UT - Venus transit

08 June 2004 11:07UT – Venus transit

 

Brown is Clouds ! 08 June 2004 11:07UT - Venus transit

Brown is Clouds !
08 June 2004 11:07UT – Venus transit

 

08 June 2004 11:12UT - Venus transit

08 June 2004 11:12UT – Venus transit

 

08 June 2004 11:12UT- Venus transit

08 June 2004 11:12UT- Venus transit

 

08 June 2004 11:12UT - Venus transit

08 June 2004 11:12UT – Venus transit

 

taken using an old Z11 camera

Venus Transit – taken using an old Z11 camera

 

Venus Transit - taken using an old Z11 camera

Venus Transit – taken using an old Z11 camera

Venus Transit No colour - negative Camera Zenith 11 - 150mm F 22

Venus Transit No colour – negative
Camera Zenith 11 – 150mm F 22

Partial Eclipse collage - 11 Au 1999

Partial Eclipse collage – 11 Au 1999

The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91%
WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

Centre - The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91% WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

Centre – The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91% WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

Partial Eclipse at centre
Monochromatic Centre - The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91% WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

Monochromatic Centre – The Sun Partial Eclipse 11 Aug 1999 ~91% WARNING: low quality old Camera Film Images!

 

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