The sun in Hydrogen alpha
My first attempt captureing the sun with Victoria Centre's new Lundt H-alpha scope. It seems to work quite well. The very large feature on the upper right is sunspot 1726.
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2013-04-23 at 13:36 PDT from backyard in Victoria BC
Lunt LS60T H-alpha solar scope with double stack LS50F H-alpha filter.
Modified Canon T3i camera with 2.5x Powermate.
one exposure at 1/400 sec to record surface detail and one at 1/100 sec for the prominences. ISO 800.
Processing in Photoshop.