Monday, October 1, 2018

sunspots in white light vs hydrogen alpha

Here's an image of a sunspot grouping comparing the standard "sunspot" visual filter image with a hydrogen alpha image:
Active solar region 1/11/2015 Ha vs white light




Here's a time lapse in Ha, nothing too dramatic, but there is some motion. 
Ha time lapse 1/11/2015 23:04-23:26 UTC
Imaging details/discussion:
found this one clearing out the hard drive
Ha close up Lunt 60 PT single stacked, on grab & go alt-azm mount, zwo asi 120mm-s
time lapse 19 frames over 22 minutes

the white light capture was done with an 8" SCT, baader photographic film with and without an IR/UV cut filter. the IR/UV cut filter improved contrast
20 second capture
FPS (avg.)=138
Shutter=2.869ms
Gain=73


2 comments:

  1. is it possible to calculate the speed of the motion? does it match what's expected?

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