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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
10/04/2022
11:00 am

Equipment Details:

Lunt 40mm solar telescope, Player One Apollo Mini CMOS camera, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount

Post-processing Details:

Best 10% of 3000 frames of video stacked with AutoStakkert, sharpening and levels with IMPPG, final tweaks and color added using Photoshop.

Image Details:

Our nearest star is very active, as seen in this hydrogen alpha image. At this time there are 7 different sunspot groups visible from Earth as well as a number of filaments and prominences. Large sunspot group AR3112 (upper left) continues to pose a threat for X-class solar flares.

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