The Sun
Pictures of the June 2012 Venus transit are here : 2012 Venus Transit
Sun in hydrogen alpha
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- Date
- August 10th 2024
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Saturn-M SQR
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt LS50FHa with BF1200
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked the best 464 out of 4631 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Sun in hydrogen alpha
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- Date
- July 20th 2024
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Saturn-M SQR
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt LS50FHa with BF1200
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked the best 46 out of 4631 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 3663, 3664, 3666, 3667, 3670, 3671 and 3672
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- Date
- May 10th 2024
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Saturn-M SQR
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter and IR filter, polarizing filter
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked the best 47 out of 4648 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Partial Solar Eclipse with sun spots 3628, 3629, 3632 and 3633
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- Date
- April 8th 2024
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Saturn-M SQR
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter and IR filter, polarizing filter
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked the best 5 out of 566 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 3363, 3367, 3371, 3372, 3373 and 3374
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- Date
- July 15th 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Apollo-M Max
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Barlow
- Televue 1¼" powermate 5x
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked 542 out of 10821 and 648 out of 12947 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 3363, 3367, 3371, 3372, 3373 and 3374
- Date
- July 15th 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Apollo-M Max
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- Rainbow Astro RST-135
- NB Frames
- Stacked 342 out of 27365 frames
- Processing
- PlanetarySystemStacker and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 3354, 3356,3357, 3358, 3359 and 3360
- Date
- July 1st 2023
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Player One Apollo-M Max
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 256 out of 28576 frames
- Processing
- AutoStakkert and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 2866 and 2866
- Date
- Septempber 12th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Barlow
- Televue 1¼" powermate 5x
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 48 out of 2637 frames
- Processing
- AutoStakkert, PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
Full Sun with spots 2866 and 2866
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- Date
- Septempber 12th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 221 out of 4431 frames
- Processing
- AutoStakkert, PixInsight and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spot 2860
- Date
- August 29th 2021
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Barlow
- Televue 1¼" powermate 5x
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 48 out of 6850 frames
- Processing
- AutoStakkert and PPixelmator Pro
Sun spots 2859 and 2860
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- Date
- August 29th 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 48 out of 5231 frames
- Processing
- AutoStakkert and Pixelmator Pro
Sun ISS transit
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- Date
- August 1st 2021
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- 11 out of 49 frames with the IIS
- Processing
- Pixelmator Pro
Sun spot 2846
- Date
- July 24th 2021
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Barlow
- Meade 1¼" 3x telenegative Barlow
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 46 out of 1967 frames
- Processing
- Lynkeos and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 2846 and 2847
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- Date
- July 23rd 2021
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- ZWO ASI 174MM
- Telescope
- William Optics GT81 IV
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- iOptron iEQ30 Pro
- NB Frames
- Stacked 176 out of 3507 frames
- Processing
- Lynkeos and Pixelmator Pro
Sun spots 2656 and 2658
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Partial Solar eclipse with sun spots 2192 (the big one!) , 2193, 2194 and 2195
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- Date
- October 23rd 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- PixInsight and Photoshop CS4
- Notes
- Weather was overcast. The above images were done through clouds.
Sun spots 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152 and 2153
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- Date
- August 30th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- Stacked 5 out of 519 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spot 2149
- Date
- August 30th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Barlow
- Meade 1¼" 3x telenegative Barlow
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- 1 out of 1184 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spot 2152
- Date
- August 30th 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Barlow
- Meade 1¼" 3x telenegative Barlow
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- 1 out of 791 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spots 2141, 2143, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150 and 2151
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- Date
- August 23rd 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- Stacked 8 out of 596 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spot 2146
- Date
- August 23rd 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Barlow
- Meade 1¼" 3x telenegative Barlow
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- 1 out of 562 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spots 2149, 2141, 2150/2151 and 2143
- Date
- August 23rd 2014
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Lunt Solar Wedge, Baader UV/IR block filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spots 1726, 1727 and 1728
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- Date
- April 20th 2013
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- Sony XCD-U100CR
- Telescope
- Orion ST90 (borrowed from a friend)
- Filters
- Identi-View Class A Solar filter, Baader UV/IR block filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- Stacked 22 out of 1030 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spots 1582 and 1579
- Date
- September 27th 2012
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Flea2
- Telescope
- Meade Series 5000 102 ED triplet APO
- Filters
- Identi-View Class A Solar filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter, Baader UV/IR block filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- Stacked 295 out of 2872 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun spots 1582, 1579 and 1575
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- Date
- September 27th 2012
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Flea2
- Telescope
- Stellarvue SV50 f/6.6 ED APO
- Filters
- Identi-View Class A Solar filter, Baader Solar Continuum filter, Baader UV/IR block filter
- Mount
- AP 900GTO
- NB Frames
- Stacked 47 out of 2966 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Partial solar eclipse
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- Date
- May 20th 2012
- Location
- Kensington, CA
- Camera
- PGR Scorpion
- Telescope
- Orion ST90
- Filters
- Identi-View Class A Solar filter
- Mount
- LXD-55
- NB Frames
- Stacked 4 out of 82 frames, 9 out of 450 frames and 9 out of 121 frames
- Capture
- Astro IIDC
- Processing
- Astro IIDC and Photoshop CS4
Sun and Sun spots
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- Date
- December 25th 2004
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Camera
- Canon D60
- Telescope
- Meade SN8
- Filters
- Identi-View Class A Solar filter
- Mount
- LXD-55
- Capture
- On Camera
- Processing
- Photoshop CS2
All pictures taken by Rodolphe Pineau. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.