Sunspots 19 May 2024

The sunspot group at the bottom of the picture resulted

from the flare that caused the May 10, 11, and 12 aurora.

Date:  19 March 2024

FOV:  approximately 52' × 35'; 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 90

Filter:  Thousand Oaks full aperture Solarlite safe solar filter

Stacking:  single 500μs frame

Total Time:  0.0005 seconds

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

Location:  My driveway in DeWitt, NY