Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago

In this short instructional video I show all the key parts of the Sun's photosphere, including sunspots, pores, granules, umbra, and penumbra

I took these images May 9 2023 from my home in Scottsdale Arizona.

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$Broadband sun The Sun on Nov 25, 2025. We see a full disk image of the Sun in broadband. The light areas near the limb are faculae, hotter spots on the Sun. Then we zoom in on a sunspot group, and identify the parts of the sunspots. The umbra in these sunspots are about the size of the Earth. Pores are pre-sunspots that may develop into sunspots or be reabsorbed into the Sun. Granules are hot upwellings of plasma about the size of Texas that last about 15 minutes. I took this with my TEC160FL refractor and a Lunt herschel wedge. You can turn your refractor into a solar observing telescope like this with a Lunt herschel wedge that can be obtained here: https://luntsolarsystems.com/?rfsn=8727310.7de84a This is a referral link. You pay no more for using this link but I may earn a small commission. Thank you. #luntsolarsystems #telescope #solar #solarimaging #astrophotography #space #sun #star #astronomy I put a lot of work into these tutorials. It really helps if you subscribe to my channel. Thanks. Links Sun and Seeing conditions: SDO: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ Astrospheric: https://www.astrospheric.com/ Meteoblue seeing: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/... Goodtostargaze: https://www.goodtostargaze.com/ Clearskyscharts: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/$

$How I created a Hydrogen Alpha Solar telescope I am fortunate to have two great solar telescopes. But to get more aperture in hydrogen alpha, I either had to spend $$$ for another refractor I really didnt need, or build my own using an existing scope. This video describes my journey, in detail, and shows what I achieved. I got a great result, but your mileage may vary! Click on the links provided to learn more about the products I used in this video. In some cases these are Affiliate links. This takes you directly to the manufacturers website. You will not pay more, but I may earn a small commission if you buy something. I appreciate your support! Links to Lunt Products: Lunt solar products: https://luntsolarsystems.com/?rfsn=8727310.7de84a My YouTube review of Lunt 40mm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZMTBtrwcE My YouTube review of Lunt 100MT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R1CYEFpwBQ Link to sol searcher sun finder: https://bit.ly/4eZbSNh Link to AM5, AM3 https://bit.ly/4bDc4Px Link to Refractor telescopes: https://agenaastro.com/?rfsn=7540858.352184 Link to RAF Lunt40 etalon adapter: https://rafcamera.com/adapter-lunt-40mm Link to Broadband solar filters https://agenaastro.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=solar%20filter Link to Daystar Quark https://agenaastro.com/daystar-chromosphere-quark-eyepiece-filter-dsz4c.html Link to Solar Spectrum https://solarspectrumopticalfilters.com/ Link to IMX174 solar camera: https://bit.ly/3XXimq0 Want to buy me a coffee? Its appreciated! https://buymeacoffee.com/azastroguy #solarimaging #telescope #astronomy$

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