I know, I know… how can anyone get a better picture…?

Here is the awesome DSLR image from my  LS100Ha/B1800/LS100F  doublestack using a DSLR!  Canon 7D.  I  think the same crazy long technique should work with the Lunt Solar Imager,  gonna try it next.

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January 15^th,  2012

Crackling with C-class solar  flares, a pair of active sunspots is emerging over the sun’s northeastern limb  today. Our BRASSO SID Receiver recorded 3 flares yesterday afternoon  just before sunset. BRASSO Solar Graphs can be found here: http://sid.stanford.edu/database-browser/

Sunspot 1401 produced an  M1-flare on Jan. 14th. Two days earlier, while it was still on the farside of  the sun, sunspot 1402 produced a partially-eclipsed flare of uncertain magnitude  that created waves of ionization in the atmosphere over  Europe.

To make these spots even more  interesting one needs to observe them with a Hydrogen Alpha filter. As the two  HUGE sunspots emerge over the limb they resemble a set of eyes. And to  make it even better there is a huge filament beneath them that looks like a huge  crescent, adding a smile beneath the eyes.

Imagine my surprise when I  looked in the scope today and saw this smiley face looking back at  me…..

This is a composite of 3 images  stitched together.

Scope: Lunt Solar Systems  LS60THa w/B1200CRF

Mount: Losmandy G-11 mounted in  a Skyshed POD

Camera: Canon 40D using EOS  MOV_REC capture

Each section utilized 4000  frames, Stacked in Registax v6

Image stitched and colorized in  Adobe Photoshop CS5.1

Full disk image, Lunt LS60THa & B1200 blocking Filter.  Mounted on a Losmandy G-11 in a Skyshed POD located in Amherst, Ohio.

Image acquired on January 7th, 2012.Canon 40D, 1/350 second, 800 ISO, avi file captured using EOS Image Recorder, 3500 images at 20f/s.  Aligned in Registax, best 25% stacked.  Stretched and processed in Adobe Photoshop.

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Cak pictures were taken on 11-18-2011 Lumenera 2m Color camera in 12 bit mode with 3 X meade barlow on my 90mm Apogee achromat refractor  focal length of 6.1 mm

Ha pictures were taken on 10-30-2011 with 60mm lunt double stacked pressure tune telescope with Lumenera 2m Color camera at 12 bit along with 3X meade barlow.

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Image Details:

·        Scope:  Lunt 60mm dual stacked Etalon (60THAD/B12F)

·        Camera:  DMK41AU02 + Powermate TV 2.5x

·        Image:  Stack of 900 frames in Registax 6.0

·        Post-Processing:  PixInsight

·        Date:  2011-12-24

·        Time: 13-05-36 gmt

·        Phenomena: Huge Flare, possible a Class M, caused by the fast displacement of the AR 11376

·        Place: Santa Rita do Sapucai, Minas Gerais –Brazil (Lily’s Flower Observatory – Lat: -22d 11m 45s  Long: 45d 44m 26s W )

Image Details:

·        Scope:  Lunt 60mm dual stacked Etalon (60THAD/B12F)

·        Camera:  DMK41AU02 + Powermate TV 2.5x

·        Image:  Stack of 680 frames in Registax 6.0

·        Post-Processing:  PixInsight

·        Date:  2012-01-03

·        Time: 12-06-49 gmt

·        Phenomenon: Great solar active region around AR11389 and AR11388

·        Place: Santa Rita do Sapucai, Minas Gerais – Brazil (Lily’s Flower Observatory –Lat: -22d 11m 45s  Long: 45d 44m 26s W )

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