Shooting the Sun
AR 1476 - Visible Light by Orionid, on Flickr
Massive Sunspot AR 1476, and it's smaller relations AR 1477 and AR 1471 as seen on May 10, 2012. This storm is roughly eight times the size of Earth, and is so far relatively quiet, so no need for tinfoil hats and SPF 8,000,000 just yet. 1800mm equivalent, visible spectrum, Nikon D90 handheld.
Below is the same shot, just a few minutes later in Hydrogen-alpha and IR Spectra on a modified Nikon D50. This one shows either two new proto-spots that haven't been assigned numbers yet (and are too bright to be seen in visible light), or sensor dust. Based on relativity between frames, I'm leaning towards one each of dust and proto-spot.
AR 1476 Ha+IR by Orionid, on Flickr
AR 1476 - Visible Light by Orionid, on Flickr
Massive Sunspot AR 1476, and it's smaller relations AR 1477 and AR 1471 as seen on May 10, 2012. This storm is roughly eight times the size of Earth, and is so far relatively quiet, so no need for tinfoil hats and SPF 8,000,000 just yet. 1800mm equivalent, visible spectrum, Nikon D90 handheld.
Below is the same shot, just a few minutes later in Hydrogen-alpha and IR Spectra on a modified Nikon D50. This one shows either two new proto-spots that haven't been assigned numbers yet (and are too bright to be seen in visible light), or sensor dust. Based on relativity between frames, I'm leaning towards one each of dust and proto-spot.
AR 1476 Ha+IR by Orionid, on Flickr