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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
05/21/2022
10:30 am

Equipment Details:

Lunt 40mm solar telescope, ZWO ASI290MM camera with 2.5x Barlow, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount.

Post-processing Details:

AutoStakkert (stacking), IMPPG (sharpening), Photoshop (levels, contrast and false color) and PhotoScape X (final tweaking).

Image Details:

Large sunspot complex AR3014 (centre) imaged this morning in hydrogen alpha. According to SpaceWeather.com, this is one of the biggest sunspots in years, stretching more than 125,000 km from end to end. AR3017 and AR3015 are below and to the left and right of AR3014.