Solar Equator, tips of full dis coverage with iPhones
Taken by Dr. J. Wayne Wooten on May 17, 2022 @
Pensacola, Florida
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Already posted the fine activity today, but got into Paint Shop Pro to rotate the solar disk and make the calm solar equatorial zone even more apparent to Jupiter observers with today's activity. Note how the AR 3024-5 (about 20 degrees North solar latitude) above the equator and AR 3011 (same latitude south, to left) and AR 3007 (on SW limb) clearly show us the calm equtorial region for now. In a few years, Solar cycle 25 will bring all the activity in both hemispheres closer to the equator as the solar max has passed and last spots of old cycle die out on or near equator, while first new spots of Cycle 26 pop up at higher (25-30 degrees N and S) and with reversed polarity compared to present cycle. Predict this switch about 9 years from now, so observe and enjoy cycle 25.
Also a tip for iPhone photography in hydrogen alpha. Notice in my shot that the whole disk is not evenly lit, no matter how carefully I center the smartphone adapter over my 12mm eyepiece. You can overcome this in part by using the "saturation" slider on your edit commands later, or ROTATE and clamp with set screw the whole eyepiece/phone in the holder 180 degrees to reverse the uneven exposure, and combine the images later. You will be amazed what phones like my 12s (the s models are easier to mount and balance using my SkyWatcher Virtuoso mount, and I can at 74 with Parkinsons, still set Lunt 60 up for tracking in about two minutes when I get breaks in the clouds in cloudy NW Florida (Sunshine State????)
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