Revision as of 15:43, 12 December 2024

The sun has sunspots. They change over time. They act as a fingerprint that identifies the sun uniquely for every day.

This page is a gallery of sun photos, taken with a solar filter so you can see the sunspots, mainly as part of The Final Experiment.

Instructions

If you want to submit your own email sun@mctoon.net Please include the following detail with your submission:

1. Clearly visible sunspots

2. Date

3. Time with time zone

4. Lat/Long

5. Camera and lens type (There are no bonus points for using a P900)

6. Image Source/Credit. Please indicate if you want to be credited and how. We do not wish to dox anyone but we do want to appropriately give credit where it is due.

Gallery


Source/Credit	Dora
Date	2024-12-07
Time	09:56
Timezone	UTC
Longitude	5.4E
Latitude	51.4N
Camera	ZWO ASI 120MM
Lens	Skywatcher Guidescope Evoguide 50 ED + IR passthrough filter


Source/Credit	Peter Markley
Date	2024-12-11
Time	20:13
Timezone	UTC
Longitude	84.1W
Latitude	31.7N
Target azimuth	220° (SW)
Target elevation	22.7°
Camera	Canon EOS 2000D
Lens	Takumar Bayonet 1:25 135mm (~5° vert. FOV)


Source/Credit	Peter Markley
Date	2024-12-12
Time	2:20pm EST / 19:20 UTC
Timezone	EST
Longitude	84.1W
Latitude	31.7N
Target azimuth	209.5° (SW)
Target elevation	29.0°
Camera	Canon EOS 2000D
Lens	Takumar Bayonet 1:25 135mm (~5° vert. FOV)

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