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January 2023, 2023 Jason Matter January 2023, 2023 Jason Matter

Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF)

Image Title: Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF)

Image Description and Details : Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) is one of the brightest comet this year.
A pretty comet with blue-green nucleus.

Nikon Z50 + Sigma 70-200 Sport at 200mm F3.5
Skywatcher StarAdventurer Mini
217 x 15" ISO 1600

Copyright: Enol M.

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2021, August 2021 Jason Matter 2021, August 2021 Jason Matter

Sun's photosphere. From sunspot 2859 to 2861

Image Description and Details : It seems that the sun is coming back to life.
Right now there is a rather interesting group (2860), another with a small but decent spot with some umbra (2859) and a group of 3 small spots (2861). There are also some faculae already disappearing through the limbo.

Tube: SkyWatcher ED 72/420 with a Baader Astrosolar OD 5.0 filter.
Camera: Altair GPCAM 178M
Filters: Zwo IR/UV cut and Baader Solar Continuum
Mount: SkyWatcher AZGTI over a Manfrotto 055 tripod.
Barlow: GSO x2.5 on closeups.

Acquisition: 3 videos of 180" stack on AutoStakkert2! and processed with Astro Surface OMEGA and Fitswork 4. False color from monochrome data.

Copyright: Enol M.

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