I have rather neglected the Sun for the last 10 months. I have not seen any substantial spots in that time but I cannot say that there have been none. However there were a couple of nice groups in early September.
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The whole Sun. Two very nice groups in the southern hemisphere and a couple of spots in the north. at roughly the same latitude. Date and Time: 9 September 2021 11:26 UT Camera: DFK 21AF04 Telescope: 270 mm SLR with home-made solar filter Capture: ICCapture. Exposure 1/60", gain 891, 1972 frames Processing: Registax5. 1012 frames stacked. Wavelets 1-2=10. Focus Magic 4 |
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These are spots numbered 12866, on the left, and 12868, on the right. Date and Time: 9 September 2021 11:23 UT Camera: DFK 21AF04 Telescope: ETX 125 with Thousand Islands solar filter Capture: ICCapture. Exposure 1/308", gain 847, 1930 frames Processing: Registax5. 998 frames stacked. Wavelets 1-2=10 PhotoImpact. Contrast 40, brightness 20 Focus Magic 4 |
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