Observation by Honor Wheeler: The actual Sun

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Honor Wheeler

Observer

Honor Wheeler

Observed

2024 Dec 14 - 12:07

Uploaded

2024 Dec 14 - 17:04

Objects

The Sun

Equipment

Canon M6II
ED80 Refractor
EQ3-PRO mount

Exposure

White Light ISO200, 1/2000, H-alpha ISO200, 1"1/3

Location

Wilmington, Kent

Target name

Sun

Title

The actual Sun

About this image

This is a composite image of the sun with the disc imaged in white light and the solar prominences in H-alpha. The h-alpha image was inverted in Adobe express and then combined with the cropped and processed white light image in Snapseed

Files associated with this observation

20241214_1231UT_Ha_WL_HW163132.jpeg (1.1 MB)

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Paul Whitmarsh, Graham Winstanley, Bill Leatherbarrow, Callum Potter

Comments

Nick James, 2024 Dec 14 - 18:41 UTC

Certainly a rare treat at the moment!

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