Photographer:
Jon Greif
Location of Photo:
Alpine, CA, USA
Date/Time of photo:
October 18, 2024, 3:00 pm PDT
Equipment:
Lunt 50 mm single stack pressure tuned Ha Solar refractor, SkyWatcher AZGTI mount, ZWO ASI462MC camera, ASI Studio capture and Pixinsight processing software.
Description:
The sun looks none the worse for it's close encounter with the moon on Saturday. There are a few very subtle and scattered sunspots visible on the solar surface, and some flares along the Eastern and Northeastern rims.