Sun in HAlpha / White Light
With Lunt LS100THa / Stellarvue - Zeiss SV80s 
+  Baader Wedge
Uploaded 4/24/12

Weekend Report
For the weekend of February 21-22, 2012
 
 The
            number of big sunspots with plenty of fine detail this weekend
            was astounding. I have never seen such a crowded disk, and this
            is a good sign signaling the return of a higher solar activity!
            Seeing was not great - around 2/5 for these images however with
            plenty of frames the software was able to capture a few lucky
            moments in sharpness seen here.
 
Images below are 800-1290 wide and non clickable
 

            
 WHITE
            LIGHT:

            
Lets
            start with a full disk shot with the 80mm at prime focus:

            


            
Now
            on to some 5x barlow close ups with the 80mm

            


            


            


            


            


            


            
With
            the AR152 stopped to 4 inches:

            


            


            


            


            
Saturday
            image - PST

            


            
Sunday

            
Hydrogen
            Alpha images - Lunt 100 

            
full
            disk with the Antares focal reducer and DMK51

            


            


            
Now
            with the 2.5x barlow and Lunt 100

            


            


            


            


            


            



Instruments:  Lunt LS100THa Halpha or Explore Scientific AR152
 orSV80S with Zeiss Apochromat
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200
Camera:  DMK 51 USB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 2/5, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature: 52F
Processing: Autostakkert 2,  Photoshop CS2

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