☀️ Sun - 07/31/26 ☀️

Sat Aug 01 2026

First time I’ve used flats with a solar image. Using a Barlow made it necessary.

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 NexStar Evolution
• Accessories: Celestron X-Cel 2x Barlow
• Software: Adobe Lightroom Classic, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Astrophotography by David Joyce, AstroDavido.