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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
04/18/2022
11:00 am

Equipment Details:

Lunt 40mm Solar Telescope, GSO 2.5x Barlow, ZWO ASI290MM camera, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount

Post-processing Details:

Best 400 frames stacked with AutoStakkert, sharpened with IMPPG, other post processing with Photoshop and MS Photo.

Image Details:

Sunspot complex AR2993-94 imaged this morning in hydrogen alpha. This is a very active area of the Sun showing both plage and filaments. On Saturday it exploding, releasing an X-class solar flare. According to SpaceWeather.com there is a continued threat of X-class solar flares from this sunspot complex.

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