Sun in HAlpha
With Lunt LS100THa 
Uploaded 3/9/19

Daily Report
For Saturday March 9, 2019
 
 Only
            during sunspot minimum would a tiny spot like this excite me.
            It has been way too long since I had the solar scope out, so
            I went for it. The detail in Halpha was interesting, despite
            the terrible seeing. Two nice proms on the edge too. 
 
Images below are 1290 wide and non clickable
 

            
 Halpha:

            
Lets
            start with a full disk shot. This is with the Lunt LS100 and
            an Antares .5x focal reducer to get the entire disk. Two acitve
            regions are seen, the upper one contains a tiny spot with no
            penumbra. The lower feature is a faculae in white light. A small
            arch prom is on the left, and a tree shaped one on the right.

            


            
 

            
With
            the 3x Klee barlow, here is the sunspot region. 

            


            
 

            
The
            faculae region is here at 3x as well.

            


            
 

            
A
            nice tree shaped prom

            


            
 

            
and
            a small arch!

            



Instruments:  Lunt LS100THa Halpha
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200
Camera:  DMK 51
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 2/10, Transparency 5/10
Outside Temperature: 35F
Processing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS2

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