The Sun

Hedge-Row Prominence in H-α June 2005

Afocal image with a Nikon 4500 digital camera. Processed including Un-Sharp Mask. 288mm effective focal length. 60mm Hydrogen-α filter (Coronado SolarMax). 11^th June 2005.

Whole Disc/Details of Sun in H α in May 2005

At left: Prominence and Plages. Afocal image with a Nikon 4500 digital camera (not processed). Effective Focal Length 320mm. 60mm Hydrogen-α filter. At right: Detail Processed but at 970mm effective focal length. 10^th May 2005.

Prominence in H α in March 2005

Solar Prominence. Afocal image with a Nikon 4500 digital camera (not processed). Effective focal length 1000mm. 60mm Hydrogen-α filter. 19^th March 2005.

Large Sunspot Group in January 2005

Taken through a 70mm refractor, working at 520mm focal-length. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter. 1/125 sec on Kodak Elite Chrome 100. 16^th January 2005 at 12:53 UT. The group was visible to the protected naked-eye.

Sunspot Groups in November 2003

Taken through a 70mm refractor. Afocal setup with a Nikon 4500 digital camera. 1/125 second. Thousand Oaks Solar Filter. 22 November 2003 at 13:23 UT. The large group was visible to the protected naked-eye.

Striking Sunspot in August 2002

Taken through a 70mm refractor (Pronto), working at a focal length of 520mm. The exposure was 1/1000^th second on ISO 400 slide film with a Thousand Oaks Solar Filter. Image cropped. It was a prominent spot to the protected naked-eye. 16^th August 2002.