This image was captured on May 18th 2014.
This image was captured on May 18th 2014.
This image was captured on June 8th 2014.
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This image was captured on June 8th 2014.
This image was captured on July 5th 2014.
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This image was captured on July 5th 2014.
Prior to the partial solar eclipse which occured on October 23rd, 2014, I was able to capture this four-frame image of the Sun. This huge sunspot is approximately 10 Earth diameters in width and is the largest sunspot to occur in over 24 years.
ABOUT THE IMAGES
TELESCOPE: Orion 70mm achromatic refractor @ F/5.
MOUNT: Celestron CG-5 ASGT.
CAMERA: Imaging Source video cam DMK21au618.
FILTERS: Baader Planetarium Red filter, and an Orion glass solar filter.
SOFTWARE: Registax V6, Photoshop CS3.