Late October Solar Tour

Three Image Scales

I was able to observe in wonderful weather on three of the days between October 21st and October 25th. This post shows results from the last day, October 25th.

Begin with an image taken at prime focus. It shows three sunspots as well as a large prominence at the bottom to the left of center.

Bottom to top: Sunspots 1599, 1598, 1596 (Click for full detail.)

Here's a magnified (and vertically flipped) image of the prominence:

Prominence imaged with 2X Barlow lens

Now look at a closer view of the three-sunspot array. This is a 5-image mosaic taken with a 2X Barlow lens:

Bottom to top: Sunspots 1599, 1598, and 1596 (Click for more detail.)

A 3X Barlow lens gives a closer view of the middle sunspot 1598:

Sunspot 1598 (Click for full detail.)

Finally, here is the upper sunspot 1596, also imaged with the 3X Barlow lens:

Sunspot 1596 (Click for full detail.)