Starship Asterisk*

Sun Gazers Dream
Full screen: http://sungazer.net/3d/3dreamsun.html
Copyright: Greg Piepol Grab those 3D glasses or astronomical filters. Red left/Blue right.
Collage of 7 years of prominences.

Enjoy the sun,
Greg Piepol

Solar Activity on the Rise
http://sungazer.net/092110.html
Copyright: Greg Piepol sungazer.net Coronado SolarMax 90 Hydrogen-Alpha
Lumenera SKYnyx 2-2 video camera
7 frames captured, stacked and processed

Enjoy the sun!

Greg Piepol

Just a quick note to Robert and Jerry to say thanks for using my solar image as an APOD. http://www.sungazer.net/042606sm.jpg Getting an image published is always exciting! I received 30 emails from all over the world asking about the shot. Seeing it translated into all those languages is mind boggl...

Thanks, Harry! I’m glad you enjoyed the image. After the APOD ran, I was contacted by a couple of pro 3D graphics guys that gave me some incredible tips on making 3D images (see the redesigned link above). I have a few other 3D solar shots on my site including a recent sunspot group and two colorize...

Try it now at http://www.sungazer.net/3d/solarmax3dbw.html , John. Taking your suggestion, I rotated the image to align the sun’s 3D features. Also, thanks to the incredible response (10k page loads in 24hrs) I got from this APOD, I was able to change to a more effective background. Some people out ...