Sun - 05/17/2026

Sun May 17 2026

I’m having a blast with my new solar telescope. I love learning new techniques!

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, Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Astrophotography by David Joyce, AstroDavido.