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SOLAR SYSTEM IMAGES​
  • ​​Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn
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THE SOLAR DISK IN H-ALPHA LIGHT : see also time-lapse animations
  • 2014 Video Star Party (July 31-August 3), Johnstown, Ontario, Canada : the following solar images were focused using a MallinCam Digital View Finder - which allows more precise focusing than generally achievable using a laptop or monitor screen in sunlight ...
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SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 3 stacks of 6 x 1ms frames, 2014 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada, August 1st, 2014 ... 
  • ​The above sequence spans ~6 hours and clearly shows the inflation and collapse of a major plage complex that appears to correlate with a major chromospheric excursion recorded that day
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​SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : 2 stacks of 6 x 1ms frames, 2014 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada, August 1st, 2014 ...
  • Looking into the depths of the chromosphere : sunspots, plages, filaments, swirly (distorted) and undisturbed mega-granulation
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SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : stack of 5 x 1ms frames, 2015 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada - July 11th, 2015 ...
  • Active spiral magnetic field around a well defined sunspot.
SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : stack of 5 x 1ms frames, 2018 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada - August 4th, 2018 ...
  • "Rosette" structure cored by a complex plage. Granulation and mega-granulation are readily apparent.
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DS287m on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : stack of 5 x 0.6ms frames, 2019 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada - August 1st, 2019.
  • Granulation and mega-granulation are readily apparent.
SOLAR PROMINENCES IN H-ALPHA LIGHT
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SSIm on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8




  • a series of single 10ms frames, August 1st, 2014 ... evolution of a small, but complex prominence over a ~6 hour period

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​SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/10 : single 20ms frame, April 6th 2014 ... H-Alpha using 1000 Oaks system
  • "​Cathedral Arch" prominence in upper chromosphere
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DS287m on Coronado SM II 90 @ f/8.8 : single 15ms frame, 2019 Video Star Party, Johnstown, Ontario, Canada - August 1st, 2019.
  • Prominence arch on an otherwise very quiet Sun.
SUN IN WHITE LIGHT
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SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/10 : single 1ms frame ... I forget the details for the  second image !
  • Sunspot groups, granulation. faculae and limb darkening
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Kitchen colander used as a multi-pinhole camera : solar eclipse, August 2017.
​Sun Ring : April 2018

MOON
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor @ f/7.5, unless otherwise indicated
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Sky Raider DS10cTEC on 8 inch SCT @ f/5 + UHC filter : single 1.9 millisecond frame, unbinned, high conversion gain, no darks or flats, February 18th 2019
JUPITER
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor @ f/7.5, unless otherwise indicated
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SSIm on 10" SCT @ f/10 : January, 2014
SATURN​
  • SSIm on 120mm refractor @ f/7.5, unless otherwise indicated
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​SSIm on 6" SCT @ f/25 : Stack of 283/1400 x 100ms avi frames, May 20th 2013
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