Sunspots 7 May 2023

Sunspots on a sunny May morning.

Date:  7 May 2023

FOV:  approximately 45' × 36'; the angular size of the sun is about 30'

Telescope:  Orion 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope (1540mm, f/12.1)

Guiding:  tracking only

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  Orion Starseeker alt-az goto mount

Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240

Filter:  Thousand Oaks full aperture Solarlite safe solar filter

Stacking:  single frame

Total Time:  0.001 seconds

Processing:  Pixinsight — Debayer, HistoTransform, DynCrop/Scale.

Location:  My driveway in DeWitt, NY