THE SUN

Photos realized with the color quickcam on a 60/700 refractor, with a Lumicon Halpha filter.

the passband used in this filter is 1.5 A (or 0.15 nm) centered on the 656.3 nm of the hydrogen.

WARNING DANGER

WATCHING THE SUN WITHOUT DESIGNED FILTER FOR THE SUN IS HAZARDOUS. EYES DAMAGES WILL OCURRED

THE HALPHA FILTER

H alpha filter

"tilt" tuning screw

H alpha filter

1.25" thread

Complet overview with the barlow X2, flip mirror and color quickcam Ver.2

 

SOLAR SPOTS

Quickcam zoom out

Large spot

Quickcam zoom in

Large spot

Quickcam zoom out

small spots group

Quickcam zoom out

spots group

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spots group

my first shoot on Halpha

 

PROMINENCES

Quickcam zoom out Prominence 06/27/00

Quickcam zoom in Prominence

The same one 10 min later the 06/27/00

Again the same 20 min later the 06/27/00

Still the same 25 min later

Another one zoom out

 

GIF video realized with the Halpha photos

SOHO live photos

 

SOHO Halpha live

 

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