Sun - 05/15/2026

Sat May 16 2026

My first image of the sun! I bought a solar telescope last week and used it for the first time today and am so happy i found a way to do astrophotography during the day! I was thrilled with how I was able to view the prominences. I can’t wait to try this more!

About this object

Type

Star (G2V)

The Sun is the star at the centre of our solar system, a ball of hot plasma about 1.39 million kilometres across and roughly 150 million kilometres from Earth. Solar imaging captures its ever-changing surface: sunspots, granulation, and, in hydrogen-alpha light, towering prominences and filaments at the limb.

Equipment

• Telescope / Lens: Lunt LS50THa
• Camera: QHYCCD 5III678M
• Mount: Celestron CGEM II
• Software: Adobe Lightroom Classic, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Astrophotography by David Joyce, AstroDavido.