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Community photo entitled AR3712 and other sunspots by David Hoskin on 06/16/2024 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

AR3712 and other sunspots

On 06/16/2024 10:30 am by David Hoskin| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Filtered white light image of the Sun captured this morning. AR3712 (close-up on the right) is the large Earth-facing sunspot group in the Sun's southern hemisphere. It is active and has the potential to unleash X-class solar flares.

For solar disk: Baader solar safety filter, Orion 102mm MCT, Player One Apollo-M Mini camera with 10nm Photosphere filter, Explore Scientific EQ-3 mount.
For AR3712 close-up: Baader solar safety filter, Orion ED80T-CF, Player One Apollo-M Mini camera with 10nm Photosphere filter, Explore Scientific EQ-3 mount.

For solar disk: 100 out of 1000 frames of SER video were stacked with AutoStakkert, wavelets adjusted with Registax, additional post-processing and false color added with Photoshop.
For AR3712 close-up: 50 out of 1000 frames of SER video were stacked with AutoStakkert, wavelets adjusted with Registax, additional post-processing and false color added with Photoshop.