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Michael Teoh
Penang, Malaysia
06/21/2021
06:33 pm

Equipment Details:

Lunt LS50THa telescope
QHY5L-II-M camera

Post-processing Details:

Single frame extracted from video sequence
Wavelet sharpening with Registax 6
Enhancement and false color with Photoshop 2020

Image Details:

First successful attempt at taking a sunset image in the hydrogen alpha wavelength. Despite some thin clouds, the surface features can be seen clearly, including the sunspot in AR2833, a long filament nearby, and a few faint prominences near the limb. The result is beyond my expectation, given that the Sun was low in western sky at just 13° above horizon.