Ballacchino Vincenzo (@vicioviciovicio.bsky.social)

This is seriously one of the most beautiful photos of the Sun I’ve seen. Interesting that it shows limb brightening (lighter around the edges) instead of the usual darkening. That will be because of the filter the photographer used (though unfortunately the article doesn’t say which one) 🧪🔭

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My 90,000 shots of the sun: Andrew McCarthy’s best photograph ‘I took all the images with a precisely tuned telescope then joined them up. Use the wrong type of telescope and you’ll blind yourself and burn your house down’ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/08/andrew-mccarthy-my-best-photograph-sun?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5