Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Light

With Coronado PST

Uploaded 7/25/10

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 The sun today surprised us with a fairly large spot group and some very nice prominences on the edge. Seeing was average, these images were taken around 9am.
Instrument: Coronado PST 40mm Platform: Astrophysics 1200 Camera: DMK 1024 Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing 2/10, Transparency 8/10 Outside Temperature: 75F Processing: Registax, Photoshop CS HOME SCHMIDT GALAXIES EMISSION NEBS REFLECTION NEBS COMETS GLOBULARS OPEN CLUST PLANETARIES LINKS