Michael A. Stecker
mastecker@gmail.com


 

Sunspots - February 24, 2024
Large sunspot AR3590 in hydrogen-alpha light.
Shot by James Foster at Frazier Park California with my $1,000 Askar 103 APO triplet refractor and narrow band  Hydrogen-alpha Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter.  Colorized and post-processed by Michael Stecker
file: SunSPOT25Feb24_conv2A-AR3590a2a.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Askar 103 APO
(4-inch f/6.8 triplet refractor)
 
mount:
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
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imaging camera:
ZWO ASI174 MM monochrome astrocamera with Daystar Quark Chromosphere eyepiece (H-alpha light)
.
exposures:
video
 
processing
Stacked by JRF.  Colorized by MAS in Adobe Photoshop Elements
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photographic site:
Frazier Park California
(Bortle 4 at 5,000 ft elevation)