Hydrogen-Alpha Sun in Full Disk Glory, July 4 2026
Saturday, July 4th, 2026 at 4:37:52 PM · 2026/Astrophotography
This exceptional hydrogen-alpha solar image was captured on July 4, 2026, using a Lunt LS60THa dedicated solar telescope paired with a ZWO ASI585MM monochrome camera on an EQ-G mount. The image reveals extraordinary chromospheric detail across the entire solar disk, including dark sinuous filaments (flux ropes of magnetized plasma), active region sunspots visible in the upper-right quadrant, and delicate solar prominences arcing off the limb at the top of the disk. The granular texture of the chromosphere is rendered with exceptional clarity thanks to lucky-imaging true-HDR fusion processing with 4x drizzle upscaling, which has preserved fine-scale magnetic structure across the full disk. The warm golden-amber false-color palette is characteristic of hydrogen-alpha solar imaging, and limb darkening is beautifully evident toward the solar edge, giving the Sun a three-dimensional appearance against the deep black of space.
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