Splendid Solar Image from Moscow

Blogged by Xiao Sun in Sample Images on December 20, 2008 at 13:26 CET.

Here are three gorgeous images taken by a Russian astronomy amateur - Alexei Prudnikov.

Prominences on North-West of Sun, 4 September 2008.
Scope – TAL-75 as 2x afocal before Coronado PST, Barlow 3x. Feefctive focal length is 2400mm.
Camera: DMK 31AU.AS, 15 frames per second at 1024×768.
Scale is 100% of original.
Time of imaging is given by Moscow time (GMT+4h).

4 Comments »

  1. Donn Williams said,

    January 14, 2009 @ 18:27

    Hi – Nice! I looked all over the internet for this fellow’s website or any additional technical info on how he is using a TAL-75 BEFORE the PST, but found nothing. If there is a link to his website or similar info, it would be much appreciated!
    Peace & blessings,
    Donn

  2. Mike Palmer said,

    January 14, 2009 @ 19:48

    Alexei, these are beautiful photos!! How did you get the surface granularity and the prominences to show together in the same image?

    Thanks,

    Mike

  3. Brian Woosnam said,

    January 14, 2009 @ 23:56

    Excellant solar images

  4. Efrain Morales Rivera said,

    January 24, 2009 @ 02:26

    I Concur with the rest, Simply beautiful! Very nice granulations on the surface and very nice flares. Welldone.

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