Our sun in a billion years time?

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Our sun in a billion years time?

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Hi All,

I tried taking the sun in white light with a dSLR (Canon 7D) and 300 mm lens but try as I may I could not get much detail. After a few more hours I managed to wait until the sun moved to a higher position for my telescope, 90mm F10 achromat to take with my ASI 174mm camera.
Here is a composite of the sunrise today in Chandos Park. The sun is not to scale (White light colourised). Maybe it will be this big in a billion years ?

Taken today 17th May 2022 : 05.50 hours landscape: 12:40 hours - Sun in White light

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That's a lovely composite, I really like it :hamster: it is the kind of photo like this which find their way to the papers and suddenly it is the headline ' Sun the largest this century' :lol: It is all good fun :bow

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Montana wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 6:47 am That's a lovely composite, I really like it :hamster: it is the kind of photo like this which find their way to the papers and suddenly it is the headline ' Sun the largest this century' :lol: It is all good fun :bow

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Thanks Alexandra.
Its a trick using Luminosity masking, and also the Layers properties in Photoshop. BlendIf...Its very useful and I have just scratched the surface of its abilities.

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Solar: H-alpha": Quark Chromosphere filter; Baader white light filters
Scopes: Altair Astro Travel ED70mm (F 420mm, D=70mm);; Skywatcher 90mm (F 910mm D=90mm); GSO focuser;;Altair Astro 60mm guidescope (D=60mm,F=225mm)
Cameras: ASI120mm-S,ASI174mm
Mount: SW HEQ5 Pro, SW EQ3 Pro Synscan (SW = Skywatcher),Vixen Polarie tracker (portable setup)
Accessory: SW Auto-focuser
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