Today we had some
clear skies for a while and I decided to get out with the solar
filter again and grab a few images. Below is an image of the sun
taken with a white light solar filter, canon 350D, and an Omni XLT
150. The sun isn't highly active at the moment, and there is a small
chance of any solar flares, or aurora. Sunspot 1492 did blast off a
CME towards Mars on May 27th, but no signs of anything
coming our way.
From Left to Right; Sunspots 1492, 1490, 1488, 1486. 5-28-12. Click to enlarge.
Notice in certain areas how you can see lighter sections of the sun around the sunspots. They were very hard to see through the eyepiece, but definitely became more visible after taking images and uploading them onto the computer.
This is 60 images stacked and edited in Registax. I adjusted the sun to be angled roughly the way it would be from the ground in Gimp.
Unfortunately clouds came rolling in shortly after I took these images. I was watching the clouds slowly cover the sun through the telescope. It was quite an interesting sight to see. Hoping for clear skies in the not too distant future. Especially for the Venus Transit on June 5th. I'll post more about that a few days before as a reminder.
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