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The Sun and I have neglected each other for the last 7 years. Firstly I moved house and built my new observatory, and I missed the last solar maximum. Then the Sun seems to have been a long time coming out of minimum. But at last the new cycle (no. 25) seems to be under way.
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The whole Sun. . There is another tiny spot (no. 12784) in the northern hemisphere which I have failed to resolve in this picture. Date and Time: 27 November 2020 09:28 UT Camera: DMK 21AF04 Telescope: 270 mm SLR Capture: ICCapture. Exposure 1/1477", gain 812, 1781 frames Processing: Registax5. 469 frames stacked. Registax6. Gaussian Wavelets Scheme 4a |
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| These are spots numbered 12786 and 12785. Move your pointer over the image to see them identified. | And this is spot number 12783 | |
Date and Time: 27 November 2020 09:59 UT Camera: DFK 21AF04 Telescope: ETX 125 with Thousand Islands solar filter Capture: ICCapture. Exposure 1/3521", gain 885, 1799 frames Processing: Registax5. 513 frames stacked. Histogram 40-205, Gaussian wavelets Scheme 4a |
Capture details as on the left except: Time: 09:45 UT Capture: 1784 frames Processing: Registax5. 387 frames stacked. Histogram 40-220 |
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