A Year in the Sun
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A Year in the Sun
A project that started with tracking a single sunspot for 7 days continued for an year and this image is the final result of an year-long project. I took an image of the sun for 365 days in a row (from 25th December 2020 to 31st Decmeber 2021, except for 6 days due to complete cloud cover). This image is a blend of all the 365 images showing all the sunspots (AR12794-AR12821) that appeared on the earth-facing solar disk.
Exif: f/6.3, ISO 100, Varied shutter speed (1/60s-1/500s)
Processing: PIPP, Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop
Equipment: Nikon D5600, Sigma 150-600c Lens, Thousand Oaks White-light solar filter, Benro rhino series tripod
Date: 25th December 2020 to 31st December 2021
Location: Kolkata, India
Exif: f/6.3, ISO 100, Varied shutter speed (1/60s-1/500s)
Processing: PIPP, Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop
Equipment: Nikon D5600, Sigma 150-600c Lens, Thousand Oaks White-light solar filter, Benro rhino series tripod
Date: 25th December 2020 to 31st December 2021
Location: Kolkata, India
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Dear SoumyadeepMukherjee,
Your work is amazing!!!!
All your posts are incredible and those that show very long periods of sun activity are truly fascinating.
There is a huge work and dedication behind them.
Since your first ones, I always had the following question:
How is it possible to have 360 days of sun (even partially sunny days in a place?
Are you so lucky in Kolkata, or are you daily on the move to find a location in India where there is no cloud coverage?
Are all photos from your home?
Anyway, your work is fantastic! Congratulations once more!
Alexandros
Your work is amazing!!!!
All your posts are incredible and those that show very long periods of sun activity are truly fascinating.
There is a huge work and dedication behind them.
Since your first ones, I always had the following question:
How is it possible to have 360 days of sun (even partially sunny days in a place?
Are you so lucky in Kolkata, or are you daily on the move to find a location in India where there is no cloud coverage?
Are all photos from your home?
Anyway, your work is fantastic! Congratulations once more!
Alexandros
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Fantastic work! An excellent example of patience, consistency, dedication and documentation, all combined in a single image!
The solar belts are so easily seen!!
Two thumbs up!!
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The solar belts are so easily seen!!
Two thumbs up!!
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Thank you for your kind words Alexandros!H-Alpha wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:06 pm Dear SoumyadeepMukherjee,
Your work is amazing!!!!
All your posts are incredible and those that show very long periods of sun activity are truly fascinating.
There is a huge work and dedication behind them.
Since your first ones, I always had the following question:
How is it possible to have 360 days of sun (even partially sunny days in a place?
Are you so lucky in Kolkata, or are you daily on the move to find a location in India where there is no cloud coverage?
Are all photos from your home?
Anyway, your work is fantastic! Congratulations once more!
Alexandros
Let me try to answer your question.
Out of this 365 days, around 200 days were sunny (when I could see the sun for 5 minutes or more), around 130 days were cloudy (when I could see the sun for less than 5 minutes) and rest of the days were horrible. On those horrible days, I would wait on the terrace with my equipment for 3-4 hours (the highest being 9 hours) and the sun would appear through the clouds for 30 seconds. Since I used a rather simple set up, I was able to capture an image or two of the sun within that 30 seconds. Those 60-70 days, if seen from a general perspective, would appear completely cloudy. But those 20-30 seconds allowed me to do what I was doing. And on 6 days, I could not see the sun at all!
I hope this answers your query!
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Thanks a lot James!!DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:50 pm Fantastic work! An excellent example of patience, consistency, dedication and documentation, all combined in a single image!
The solar belts are so easily seen!!
Two thumbs up!!
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Fantastic job !
Thanks for sharing
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Re: A Year in the Sun
SoumyadeepMukherjee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:01 pmThanks a lot James!!DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:50 pm Fantastic work! An excellent example of patience, consistency, dedication and documentation, all combined in a single image!
The solar belts are so easily seen!!
Two thumbs up!!
James
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Very complete and detailed answer! :-)SoumyadeepMukherjee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:00 pm
Thank you for your kind words Alexandros!
Let me try to answer your question.
Out of this 365 days, around 200 days were sunny (when I could see the sun for 5 minutes or more), around 130 days were cloudy (when I could see the sun for less than 5 minutes) and rest of the days were horrible. On those horrible days, I would wait on the terrace with my equipment for 3-4 hours (the highest being 9 hours) and the sun would appear through the clouds for 30 seconds. Since I used a rather simple set up, I was able to capture an image or two of the sun within that 30 seconds. Those 60-70 days, if seen from a general perspective, would appear completely cloudy. But those 20-30 seconds allowed me to do what I was doing. And on 6 days, I could not see the sun at all!
I hope this answers your query!
It shows what I was suspecting... Your patience and dedication is huge! You are in love with the sun! :-)
And we are all happy about this, since it can produce fantastic results.
Congratulations, respect and thanks once more!
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Thanks again!H-Alpha wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:01 pmVery complete and detailed answer! :-)SoumyadeepMukherjee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:00 pm
Thank you for your kind words Alexandros!
Let me try to answer your question.
Out of this 365 days, around 200 days were sunny (when I could see the sun for 5 minutes or more), around 130 days were cloudy (when I could see the sun for less than 5 minutes) and rest of the days were horrible. On those horrible days, I would wait on the terrace with my equipment for 3-4 hours (the highest being 9 hours) and the sun would appear through the clouds for 30 seconds. Since I used a rather simple set up, I was able to capture an image or two of the sun within that 30 seconds. Those 60-70 days, if seen from a general perspective, would appear completely cloudy. But those 20-30 seconds allowed me to do what I was doing. And on 6 days, I could not see the sun at all!
I hope this answers your query!
It shows what I was suspecting... Your patience and dedication is huge! You are in love with the sun! :-)
And we are all happy about this, since it can produce fantastic results.
Congratulations, respect and thanks once more!
Alexandros
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A tremendous contribution to the Forum. We so appreciate your patience, persistence and skill.
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An excellent example of patience and that dedication,
Thanks vm for sharing your work
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Thanks vm for sharing your work
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Re: A Year in the Sun
6 days of cloud cover?! Welcome to Finland, feel free to experience what 6 days of sunshine in a year feels like (not quite but it surely feels like it as part of the year with clear skies etalons would freeze).
Awesome work, really nice! You have gathered a lot of scientific data for that
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Fantastic! I think if I were to try this in southern Ohio I would have about 50-60 (minimal!) days of total cloud cover so some big gaps in the image!!
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Thank you so much Jordan!Jordan Konisky wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:10 pm A tremendous contribution to the Forum. We so appreciate your patience, persistence and skill.
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Thank you Terry!!EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:29 pm An excellent example of patience and that dedication,
Thanks vm for sharing your work
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Thank you!!cmas wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:30 pm 6 days of cloud cover?! Welcome to Finland, feel free to experience what 6 days of sunshine in a year feels like (not quite but it surely feels like it as part of the year with clear skies etalons would freeze).
Awesome work, really nice! You have gathered a lot of scientific data for that
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Brilliant image! Feels like we only get 6 sunny days a year here!
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Thanks Mark!marktownley wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:10 am Brilliant image! Feels like we only get 6 sunny days a year here!
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Wonderful result, and indeed congratulation for your dedication and patience!
Did you try making an animation out of this? I guess it would be impressive!
By the way, do the sunspots appear at mostly random latitude in the two bands during your one-year observations, or a (time slice of) butterfly diagram is already noticeable from your data?
I also wonder if there is an easy way to correct for the fact that the solar equator appear to us as a straight line in June and December, while it is curved towards the North pole in March and towards the South pole in September.
Best, Daniele
Did you try making an animation out of this? I guess it would be impressive!
By the way, do the sunspots appear at mostly random latitude in the two bands during your one-year observations, or a (time slice of) butterfly diagram is already noticeable from your data?
I also wonder if there is an easy way to correct for the fact that the solar equator appear to us as a straight line in June and December, while it is curved towards the North pole in March and towards the South pole in September.
Best, Daniele
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Hi Daniele, thanks for writing. I made an animation of the first 100 days, but I did not find it much interesting.daniele_bonfiglio wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:39 am Wonderful result, and indeed congratulation for your dedication and patience!
Did you try making an animation out of this? I guess it would be impressive!
By the way, do the sunspots appear at mostly random latitude in the two bands during your one-year observations, or a (time slice of) butterfly diagram is already noticeable from your data?
I also wonder if there is an easy way to correct for the fact that the solar equator appear to us as a straight line in June and December, while it is curved towards the North pole in March and towards the South pole in September.
Best, Daniele
Initially, the spots appeared on the higher latitudes and gradually came closer towards the equator.
Sorry, I do not have an answer for your last question.
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It's well deserved. That was an awesome job!!
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Re: A Year in the Sun
This is superb work. It shows the two active belts beautifully.
With so much precious data, captured by you with such dedication, it would be a shame not to make an animation from this.
Stu.
With so much precious data, captured by you with such dedication, it would be a shame not to make an animation from this.
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Thank you so much Stu! I have always failed to do an amimation. The last time I made it was with 100 days of data (and somehow I didn't find it interesting!). I have been delaying processing this bunch of data for 3 months and not sure when I can gather courage to create the animation. I will try my best to make one out of it (I said it before too, but failed!)
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More images on view on my Flickr page...https://www.flickr.com/photos/alun_h/
Lunt CaK B12 module
SW Evostar 72ED for full disk imaging
Sol'Ex SHG
80mm f/7 achromat used with pressure tune module off the Lunt with Lunt 100mm ERF
Bresser 90 f/10 achromat used for CaK & white light imaging & PST mod with Lunt 100mm ERF
Coronado SM40 (pre Meade) and BF10 filter set + SMII 60 richview DS etalon
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro and Ioptron CEM60
Then there is all the night kit which is far too long a list to write up here!
More images on view on my Flickr page...https://www.flickr.com/photos/alun_h/
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces
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Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Congratulations! https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronom ... nners-2022
Solar scopes: Daystar Solar Scout DS 60/930
80mm f6 achromatic refractor with Daystar Quark from the Solar Scout
Scope: Skywatcher Maksutov-Cassegrain 127/1500
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-GTi
Camera: Fujifilm X-T30
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Location: Montagnana, Padova, Italy
80mm f6 achromatic refractor with Daystar Quark from the Solar Scout
Scope: Skywatcher Maksutov-Cassegrain 127/1500
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-GTi
Camera: Fujifilm X-T30
Instagram: @daniele.bonfiglio.astropics
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Congratulations for your price !!
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Stunning!
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Congratulations for your unique vision, your perseverance and your brilliant implementation.
As a member of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year jury, I can say that there wasn't much debate that yours should be the winning photo of the Sun category. The result is also interesting to me because many H alpha sun photos which required more fashionable but expensive equipment were left behind by your unique WL photo that was made with simple equipment, but it was created with great creativity and outstanding work.
As a member of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year jury, I can say that there wasn't much debate that yours should be the winning photo of the Sun category. The result is also interesting to me because many H alpha sun photos which required more fashionable but expensive equipment were left behind by your unique WL photo that was made with simple equipment, but it was created with great creativity and outstanding work.
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chairman of the Hungarian Astrophotographers' Association
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juror of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
inventor, founder, deep thinker of Soleye
https://www.soleye.eu/
chairman of the Hungarian Astrophotographers' Association
https://magyarasztrofotosok.hu/en/
juror of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Wonderful image and dedication, well deserved win.
Quark Chromosphere, Lunt LS60MT DS, Lunt Ca-K B1200 module, Baader herschel wedge
Sky-Watcher ED120 & ED80, StellaLyra 8" CC
Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro, ZWO AM5
ZWO ASI120MM, ASI174MM, ASI290MM, ASI1600MM
Sky-Watcher ED120 & ED80, StellaLyra 8" CC
Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro, ZWO AM5
ZWO ASI120MM, ASI174MM, ASI290MM, ASI1600MM
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Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad that this image was chosen amongst all the other outstanding entries!Laszlo Francsics wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:02 pm Congratulations for your unique vision, your perseverance and your brilliant implementation.
As a member of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year jury, I can say that there wasn't much debate that yours should be the winning photo of the Sun category. The result is also interesting to me because many H alpha sun photos which required more fashionable but expensive equipment were left behind by your unique WL photo that was made with simple equipment, but it was created with great creativity and outstanding work.
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Re: A Year in the Sun
Thank you everyone for your kind words! It has been a great (and tough) journey throughout this project and I enjoyed it. I'm very happy that I was able to share with all of you an image that you've loved and enjoyed.