Friday, March 17, 2023

Even when the face of the Sun in normal light is boring...

 ...that doesn't mean nothing awesome isn't happening!

Here's a shot I took using a PST (Personal Solar Telescope) that is designed to show the Ha portion of the spectrum of light!

























Here is what the GEOS-16 NASA satellite captured:


















My camera's orientation is different and the telescope is certainly less expensive 
that the NASA satellite and camera, for sure, but it was nice to give it a try!

Here is what the Sun looked like at the same time in normal "white" light 
(minus the numbers used to identify solar sunspots):




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