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Community photo entitled Sunspot group AR3663 by David Hoskin on 05/07/2024 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sunspot group AR3663

On 05/07/2024 11:00 am by David Hoskin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

This filtered white light image shows giant sunspot group AR3663 as it approaches the NW limb of the Sun. AR3663 has been very active, having unleashed several X-class solar flares.

Celestron OmniXLT150 Newtonian telescope, Baader solar filter, ZWO ASI290MM camera, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount

AutoStakkert to stack best 100 out of 2000 frames , Registax for wavelets, additional post-processing with Photoshop and PhotoScape X, including the addition of false color.