Sunspots - First Light (Eddie Bagwell)

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Sunspots - First Light

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Sunspots - First Light

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Sunspots numbers 2993 and 2994.

Hey guys, I'm back! I've been taking a break from the DSOs the past three weeks to gather Solar gear and learn Solar AP. After much research, I decided to go with the DayStar Chromosphere Ha Quark with the built-in 4.2x Barlow and pair it with my ES102.

The Quark came in yesterday and the 174mm Solar camera came in this morning and it was challenging trying to figure out how everything works. It looks easy on the videos posted online from experienced users but doing it yourself for the first time was quite the challenge.

But after numerous tries it finally came together and I was able to find the Sun, get focus and acquire the right settings to produce the avi files in between the passing clouds. The processing was a task to figure out too. It's harder but then it's easier than DSOs.

Anyway, this is my first Solar image and I hope you like it. I have more coming when I figure out how to process the prominences.

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Thanks and Clear Skies, Eddie

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