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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.

Website:

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/author/jgreif/