Sunspots 2005-08-02

There are currently some very nice sunspots crossing the sun's face. These are two of my best shots from yesterday, taken around 11:45 EDT. The large complex near the center of the disk is active region (AR) 792, with AR 795 and AR 794 at top and bottom, respectively, on the eastern limb. In both pictures north is at the top.

I took the images afocally, using my Nikon Coolpix 800 digital camera, through my 8-inch f/8 Newtonian reflector with a 7-inch aperture Baader solar filter. They were taken with the camera mounted to a 14mm TeleVue Radian eyepiece, and then digitally processed using Paint Shop Pro.

Enjoy!

Doug

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Close-up of AR 792.

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Doug,

Thank you or posting your excellent image of the various sunspot groups. The groups are very interesting. They will be interesting to follow in the future.

Carlos