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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
04/19/2024
11:30 am

Equipment Details:

Celestron 102XLT refractor, APM Herschel wedge, ZWO ASI290MM with Player-One photosphere filter, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount.

Post-processing Details:

Best 250 out of 1000 frames were stacked with Autostakkert, wavelets with Registax, additional post-processing with Photoshop and Photoscape X.

Image Details:

This filtered image shows (from left to right) sunspot groups AR3646, AR3647, AR3645, AR3638, and AR3637. According to Spaceweather.com AR3645 has already unleashed M-class solar flares and may soon unleash a more powerful X-class solar flare.