Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Today

Sun spots AR2767, bottom left and AR2768 top right.

Scope: Coronado PST
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera: Altair Astro GP-CAM 178M
Processed with Registax 6 and Photoshop Elements.

A prominence in action

The following video was compiled from 120 time lapse images taken at 15 second intervals. Best viewed full screen [] on 'loop', right click. It shows a closeup of the prominence top left in the picture above.

Comet C2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Some more images, but still lots to process.

The first is from a stack of 985 x 4 second exposures taken on 20th July.

Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Planetarium software: Cartes Du Ciel
Mount control: EQMOD

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Affinity Photo

This next one was taken by my daughter Alex from Mountjoy near Carisbrooke Castle at around 23:30 on the 17th July using an iPhone.

Comet C2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

My first attempt at Comet C2020 F3 (NEOWISE).

This image is just a stack of 30 x 2s exposures, 30 darks and 30 flats, I've many more to process for the final image.

Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Planetarium software: Cartes Du Ciel
Mount control: EQMOD

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Affinity Photo

NGC6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

The Eastern Veil nebula imaged over two nights, 10th and 11th July 2020.

67 x 120s Lights

30 x 120s Darks

30 Flats

Stacked 53, for a 106min integration.

Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Guide Camera: Altair Astro GP-CAM3 290M
Guide software: PHD2
Planetarium software: Cartes Du Ciel
Mount control: EQMOD

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker, Affinity Photo and Photo Shop Elements 13

Sunspot region AR2765

Some views of Sunspot region AR2765 from 7th and 8th June 2020

Ha images:
Scope: Coronado PST
Mount: Celestron Advanced GT
Camera: Altair Astro 290 M3
Processed with Registax 6 and Affinity Photo

White light images:
Scope: Sky-Watcher ED80 DS Pro c/w Baader AstroSolar Safety Film
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6
Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C
Processed with Registax 6 and Affinity Photo

07/06/2020 White Light

07/06/2020 Ha

08/06/2020 Ha

Sun Ha 26/05/2020

Another big prominence, with some nice detail.

Scope: Coronado PST
Mount: Celestron Advanced GT
Camera: Altair Astro 290 M3
Processed with Registax 6, combined and colourised in Photoshop Elements and rescaled from 541 x 276 to 2164 x 1104 using 'A Sharper Scaling' ( a-sharper-scaling.com )

Sun Ha 17/05/2020

Another solar image in Ha.

The height of the prominence at the bottom is about 9 times the diameter of the Earth and about 8% the diameter of the Sun.

Scope: Coronado PST
Mount: Celestron Advanced GT
Camera: Altair Astro 290 M3
Processed with Registax 6, combined and colourised in Photoshop Elements.