This page features a subset of my solar system images, being just those I've taken of the sun. Some of the pictures are taken in "white light", that is with just a regular camera and a telescope with a solar filter. This is how we would see the sun if it wasn't so bright. White light images show the disk of the sun, sunspots, transits of Mecury and Venus and eclipses. Many of the images are taken with a specialized solar telescope that isolates just a single wavelength of the entire spectrum called the "hydrogen-alpha line" (Ha). Ha images show faculae on the disk, sunspots and myriads of prominences around the limb. Click any thumbnail to see the full-size image and a description of the object. Place the mouse cursor over any words highlighted in green for more information. For mobile device users, all the highlighted terms are listed under the Glossary tab. |
