The Sun today (2025-09-19)… with a surprise visitor
Less than 1 minute
Minutes
During my lunch break, I grabbed my Lunt 40 H-alpha telescope and pointed it at the Sun.
As usual, I set up Autorun to capture multiple videos… but today I got an unexpected guest in the frame!
Below you can find all the imaging session details.
Date: 2025-09-19 17:40 UT
Location: My backyard in Richmond Hill (ON)
Gain: 59
Exposure: 0.563ms
FPS (avg.): 78
Scope: Lunt 40mm B600
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-GTi
Camera: Player-One Mars-M II
Software: FireCapture (best 25% from 2000 frames), AS!4, Autostitch, ImPPG, GIMP
- First image: Sunspots, filaments, and beautiful surface features.
- Second image: Inverted colors to make the prominences pop.
- Third image: A GIF sequence… featuring a very photogenic airplane crossing the Sun!
A GIF sequence… featuring a very photogenic airplane crossing the Sun!
