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Originally Posted by Kevleu
Hi Paul. That is amazing! How did you do that?
My interest in astronomy is only recent, I have never seen
the sun like that before apart from computer special effects.
Thankyou  |
Hi Kev. This image was produced with a specialised solar telescope that sees the part of the solar spectrum known as hydrogen alpha. This particular model is tuned to 0.5 angstroms which means we see the detail as it is presented.
You might be aware that there are all manner of wave lengths of light and this one allows us to see the plasma and magnetic field lines that exist in the Suns atmosphere.
So to get this I took a video through the telescope of 1 minute and then I stacked the images in a image stacking program to get a monochrome image. I then take the image into photoshop and colourise the image to what I think is pleasing.
Hope that explains things. If you need further clarification by all means ask.