June 4th, 2020 Solar Ha Full Disc

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June 4th, 2020 Solar Ha Full Disc

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Lunt80mm single stack and ZWO 1600mm camera
550frames for surface and 500frames for the prominence detail.
Stacked with AutoStakkert 3!, processed with ImPPG and colorized in PhotoshopCC.
It's nice to see some sunspot activity in AR2765.

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Great image!
Quite impressive!
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Like, like and thrice like!

The Sun has been quiet in my PST for ages.
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Nice colouration....
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That's a lovely image.

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Impressive image.
Thank you for sharing.
Clear Skies.
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Nice image. We've had weeks of clear sky and lots of sunshine,typical, some action at last and the rain clouds roll in.
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We have them, too. It's rather wet and autumnal outside!
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Really nice!

Great solar image!
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Congratulations on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!!

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Hello AstroBee. A very nice image of Active Region 2765 with the Lunt solar scope. Nice color and granularity, as well as a few prominences. Thanks for posting this capture on here AstroBee, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Nice capture Greg! Cool image.
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WooHoo! Thanks again guys. I really struggle with processing in solar images. I always seem to overcook them. I tried to hold back a bit this time.
Thank you all for the recognition.
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Congratulations on the APOD

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Beautiful picture. Congratulations!
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