Sunspots 16 March 2024

Sunspots on a sunny March afternoon.

Date:  16 March 2024

FOV:  approximately 102' × 68'; the angular size of the sun is about 30'

Telescope:  Orion 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope (1540mm, f/12.1)

Guiding:  tracking only

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  ZWO AM5 mount

Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (10°C) Color CMOS with gain 0

Filter:  Thousand Oaks full aperture Solarlite safe solar filter

Stacking:  thirty 500μs frames in Pixinsight, FFT

Total Time:  0.015 seconds

Processing:  Pixinsight — Debayer, GHS, DynCrop/Scale.

Location:  My driveway in DeWitt, NY