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Michael Teoh
Penang, Malaysia
06/30/2021
06:36 pm

Equipment Details:

Lunt LS50THa telescope
QHY5L-II-M camera

Post-processing Details:

Single frame extracted from video sequence, superimposed with sequence of birds' trails.
Wavelet sharpening with Registax 6
Enhancement and false color with Photoshop 2020

Image Details:

This is my second successful attempt at taking a sunset image in the hydrogen alpha wavelength. This time the western sky was perfectly clear. The huge sunspot in AR2835 and a number of bright prominences along the upper limb are clearly visible. Video sequence can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/sdUsD32rJic

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