I've been so busy the last few months I haven't had time to touch my telescopes. I almost forgot which end you look in!
I finally got time to set up my scope yesterday and try some imaging again. At least the Sun is starting to show a little activity. For those that don't follow it, the Sun has been locked in an especially long, dull part of its activity cycle for about a year I guess.
This is the Sun filter to look at a very narrow band of the spectrum called Hydrogen alpha. Its the light emmited by ionized Hydrogen and originates in the upper layers of the Sun's surface:
A wide view of the Sun exposed to show surface detail. Note the dark filiment snaking across the surface:
http://JasonIrby.zenfolio.com/p586368176/e118f9ca7A close look at that filiment:
http://JasonIrby.zenfolio.com/p586368176/e1841eb9bThis is an section of the edge and is a composite of 2 images (one exposed for the flares, one exposed to show the surface detail):
http://JasonIrby.zenfolio.com/p586368176/efa5ecc4Telescope
Lunt 60/50 DS
Camera
Lumenera Skynyx 2-1M
Clear Skies,
Wab
http://jasonirby.net/astronomy
