NOTES |
DATE:
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Wednesday,
November 8, 2006
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TIME:
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19:52
UT
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CAMERA:
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Phillips
ToUcam Pro (640x480) |
LOCATION:
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Indiana
Dunes State Park (near Mount Baldy)
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INSTRUMENT:
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Tele
Vue Pronto w/ Coronado SolarMax 40 BF-10 (piggybacked on Meade
10"
LX200 SCT) |
PROCESSING:
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Images
acquired with Iris. RegiStax 4.0 aligned and stacked 297 of
300 images. Wavelet filters adjusted with RegiStax.
Further enhancements made
with Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
COMMENTS:
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Mercury
is the 10 arcsecond dot located to the lower right of sunpot 923, which
is surronded by bright faculae. Thank goodness this massive
sunspot came around from the far side of the Sun just in time for the
transit, otherwise this would be kind of a bland image!
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