The Sun and its Spots on 23rd August 2005 Home

The Sun on 050823 The whole Sun.  Move the mouse over the image to see the designations.  This time I've captured 10801.
This picture was taken through high cloud and the stacking has, unfortunately, not removed the shadows completely.

Date and Time: 23rd August 2005 07:52 UT
Camera: ToUcam 740K
Telescope: 270 mm SLR
Capture: K3CCDTools. Low gamma, B/W, 1/100", 11% gain, 338 frames
Processing: Registax. 222 frames stacked. Wavelets 1-2 = 10, contrast 185
Sunspot 10798 on 050823 Spot number 10798 is about to disappear and makes a pretty picture as it nears the Sun's eastern limb.
The processing I have used in Registax is unusual for me; I tried it out as an experiment and selected this image as my best without realising it was the unusual one.
Date and Time: 23rd August 2005 08:01 UT
Camera: ToUcam 740K
Telescope: ETX125 at prime focus.
Capture: K3CCDTools. Low gamma, B/W, 1/100", 20% gain, 676 frames.
Processing: Registax. 165 frames stacked. Wavelets 1 = 60, 2 = 5, histogram 0-215


Sunspot 10800 on 050823 Last time I could image the Sun (two days ago), spot 10800 was a very weak affair.  But now it has developed into a nice formation.

Date and Time: 23rd August 2005 08:09 UT
Camera: ToUcam 740K
Telescope: ETX125 at prime focus.
Capture: K3CCDTools. Low gamma, B/W, 1/100", 0% gain, 642 frames.
Processing: Registax. 293 frames stacked. Wavelets 1-4 = 10, histogram 0-150

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