The Sun in H-Alpha
  • Details
    Date Taken: 06/15/2013
    Location: Gambrills, MD
    Other Telescope: Coronado Double Stack 60mm w/15mm block
    Mount: Orion VersaGo II Altazimuth Telescope Mount
    Other Camera: Nikon D3200 DSLR
    Processing: Stacked in Photoshop CS6
    Exposure: 2 X 1/125 sec with various ISO
    Other Equipment Used: Orion Dovetail L-Bracket for VersaGo II
    Notes: I set my camera picture mode to monochrome .jpg and color RAW mode. I used the RAW frame for the flares and used the monochrome .jpg for the surface disk. I used Photoshop CS6 to add color back to the monochrome image and stacked the two images on each other.