Sunspots 16 March 2024
Sunspots on a sunny March afternoon.
Date: 16 March 2024
FOV: approximately 102' × 68'; 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: ZWO AM5 mount
Camera: ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (10°C) Color CMOS with gain 0
Filter: Thousand Oaks full aperture Solarlite safe solar filter
Stacking: thirty 500μs frames in Pixinsight, FFT
Total Time: 0.015 seconds
Processing: Pixinsight — Debayer, GHS, DynCrop/Scale.
Location: My driveway in DeWitt, NY