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 The sun Today
            had a very unusual "Rocket Prominence" on the limb,
            and a plethora of small sunspots with white faculae surrounding
            them. It was a very exciting day for solar observers! Seeing
            was awsome, and the detail in the solar granulation beat anything
            Ive done so far from Scottsdale.

            
Processing: Extracted
            disk from green channel, prominences from red channel, and averaged
            2 to8 images. Applied midtone curve adjustment in PS, then wavlet
            deconvolution, and dynamic background flattening process in Pix
            Insight. Combined and colorized disk and prominence image in
            Photoshop per accepted standard coloration creteria.

Instrument:  Coronado PST 40mm
Platform:  Bogen Tripod
Camera:  Sony P10
Exposure:  Auto 0, -2
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 9/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 62F
Processing: Photoshop CS,Pixinsight
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