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Awesome Photo Shows Monster Sunspot Aiming Our Way

20 Oct , 2014 by Jason Major

It’s a-comin’: a “monster” sunspot is steadily rotating around the Sun’s southern hemisphere and will soon be in position to fire flares and CMEs in our direction — and this past weekend master solar photographer Alan Friedman captured it on camera! The image above was taken in full-spectrum visible light on Sunday, Oct. 19 by Alan […]

Enjoy This Eye-Meltingly Awesome Photo of Our Sun

29 Aug , 2014 by Jason Major

Here’s yet another glorious photo of our home star, captured and processed by New York artist and photographer Alan Friedman on August 24, 2014. Alan took the photo using his 90mm hydrogen-alpha telescope – aka “Little Big Man” – from his backyard in Buffalo, inverted the resulting image and colorized it to create the beautiful image […]

A Stunning Image of our Home Star

14 Jul , 2014 by Jason Major

Active regions 2108 and 2109 are now passing around the limb of the Sun, but not before solar photography specialist Alan Friedman grabbed a few pictures of them on Friday! The image above, captured by Alan from his location in Buffalo, NY, shows the two large sunspots nestled in a forest of solar spicules while […]

Catching Sunlight: A TEDx Talk by DIY Solar Photographer Alan Friedman

7 Jan , 2013 by Jason Major

Video poster frame shows Alan Friedman’s 90mm hydrogen alpha telescope setup — nicknamed “Little Big Man” — on an Astro-Physics 900 equatorial mount. We’ve featured several beautiful images of the Sun here on Universe Today, captured by the talented Alan Friedman from his backyard telescope in Buffalo, NY. While photos of the Sun in and […]

A Shimmering, Simmering Sunspot

12 Jul , 2012 by Jason Major

This quick animation made by astrophotographer Alan Friedman shows a 30-minute view of sunspot 1520, a large region of magnetic activity on the Sun that’s currently aimed directly at Earth. Although 1520 has been quiet for the past couple of days, it’s loaded with a delta-class magnetic field — just right for launching powerful X-class […]

The “Deep Blue Sea” of the Sun

21 Jun , 2012 by Jason Major

Looking like an intricate pen-and-ink illustration, the complex and beautiful structures of the Sun’s surface come to life in yet another stunning photo by Alan Freidman, captured from the historic Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, California. Click below for the full-size image in all its hydrogen alpha glory. An oft-demonstrated master of solar photography, […]

Super Moon? How About a Super Sun!

6 May , 2012 by Jason Major

[/caption] On May 5, 2012, while everyone else was waiting for the “Super Moon” astrophotographer Alan Friedman was out capturing this super image of a super Sun from his back yard in Buffalo, NY! Taken with a specialized telescope that can image the Sun in hydrogen alpha light, Alan’s photo shows the intricate detail of […]

ISS Caught Between the Moon and New York City

20 Jan , 2012 by Jason Major

[/caption] Now as the theme from Arthur plays in your head you can enjoy this GIF animation of the ISS passing across the face of a daytime Moon, photographed by Alan Friedman from his location in upstate New York. I know it’s crazy, but it’s true. Alan captured these images at 10:30 a.m. EST back […]

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