H-Alpha Sun - April 1, 2013

H-Alpha Sun – April 1, 2013

H-Alpha Sun - April 1, 2013
H-Alpha Sun – April 1, 2013

Working with different gray pastel pencils works fine on the Moon. I tried the same technique on the Sun and was quite happy with the result. Hope you like it too.

Clear skies

Jef De Wit

Object: Sun

Location: Hove, Belgium (51°09’ N 4°28’ E)

Date and time: 1 April 2013, around 9.30 UT

Equipment: Lunt LS35T

Eyepiece: 13mm Nagler T6 (31x)

Medium: white, gray and black pastel pencils on black paper, scanned, colored with Paint Shop Pro, text added with Paint

4 thoughts on “H-Alpha Sun – April 1, 2013”

  1. Very 3 dimensional appearance to your sketch. Feels like I am looking through the eyepiece!

    Thia

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