AR10756

07:17 7/5/2005 UTC

Seen here is the big sunspot 756 traveling into solar horizon leaving a nice trail of facula behind. Compare it to my last entry and note how the perspective has changed and how much it has traveled in two days. Seeing was awful when I was taking this image. It was very difficult to see the small spot near the boiling limb of the sun.

Camera: Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Telescope: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, Orion Shorty Plus 2x Barlow | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Full aperture Baader AstroSolar solar filter, Baader Continuum 540nm, Baader IR/UV block | Exposure: 500(1500) x 1/10s f10 | Software: Qastrocam, Registax, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI)