Sun in CaK / White Light With Explore Scientific AR152 Refractor + Lunt CaK filter or Baader Wedge Uploaded 12/17/22 Daily Report For Saturday December 17, 2022
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 WHITE LIGHT:

Lets start with the full disk span, made by combining two prime focus shots side by side. The large triple spot group on the right has been the source of much halpha flaring lately.

 

Huge spot on the following limb, is now leaving us.

 

The Big flaring group is even exciting in white light!

 

Another awesome group nearby is also flaring a bit

 

New and coming onto the disk, a good sized group

 

Smaller, solitary spot

 

Calcium K shots:

The solitary spot has quite a collection of activity around it

 

Large spot group is amazing in calcium. The ring shaped structures are the rims of super granulation cells.

 

Very small spot group with good cells

 

The second amazing group on the Sun today in same field as the triple group on lower left.

 

Oncoming spot looks good so far!

 

Calcium Proms:

Small cluster on limb.

 

A few nice jets can be faintly seen

 

This is the big one, diffuse, large and looking very different than an halpha prom.

Instruments: Explore Scientific AR152 Platform: Astrophysics 1200 Camera: DMK 51 (1600 x 1200) Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing 1.5/5, Transparency 7/10 Outside Temperature: 65F Processing: Autostakkert 2, PixInsight, Photoshop CS2 Solar Home Page HOME SCHMIDT GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS