The gallery comes back home with a close look at the star that makes all the other photons feel distant.
- What am I looking at?
- The gallery comes back home with a close look at the star that makes all the other photons feel distant.
- Where is it in the sky?
- The Sun moves along the ecliptic and is visible during the day when clear.
- When is the best time to photograph it?
- Only with proper solar filtration, ideally near calm seeing and low atmospheric turbulence.
Capture summary
Solar in Solar System
Hydrogen alpha
Solar imaging
Winter target / square composition
Detailed filter totals have not been entered for this image yet.
When to image this target
Solar in Solar System; best planned for December through February from New Jersey.
Winter targets reward clear, steady nights and usually climb well by late evening.
Assumes a New Jersey backyard horizon and evening imaging.
Daytime seeing, haze, and safe solar filtration matter more than season.
Sun is listed here in Solar System.
Current frame: Hydrogen alpha / Solar imaging.
Live altitude, moon, and filter guidance
Timing unavailable for this target type.
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Based on the current time.
Green marks usable dark-sky altitude.
Next upper transit.
Approximate horizon crossing.
Moon phase and altitude.
Acquisition & processing notes
Filter channels, integration times, and capture dates for this frame. View on AstroBin.
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How I captured this
- Equipment used
- From my current rig
- Mount
- iOptron CEM60
- Telescope
- Explore Scientific FCD100 127mm Carbon Fiber Triplet APO
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
- Filters
- Chroma 36mm Ha, OIII, SII, and LRGB (ZWO EFW 7×36mm)
- Focuser / rotator
- MoonLite NiteCrawler
- Reducer
- Starizona Apex ED 0.65×
- Guiding
- ZWO off-axis guider + ASI290MM Mini
- Control / power
- PrimaLuceLab Eagle 4S, Powerwerx PSU, Bioenno field battery, and MEGAbox
