Stunning image of the Sun is among the clearest ever drawn from Earth

This blood-red image of the Sun is believed to be among the clearest pictures ever taken of it from earth.

The spectacular close-up shot was taken utilizing an ultra-sharp telescope by American huge professional photographer Andrew McCarthy.

He layered countless images over each other to record huge information of the star, which is 93 million miles from earth.

Andrew, from California, has actually been photographing the Sun and the moon for 3 years – however states he handled his ‘most unique challenge’ yet this month. His production of the striking image included taking nearly 100,000 private pictures – at a rate of about 100 pictures per 2nd prior to layering them together.

Using the brand-new telescope, Andrew, from California, U.S.A., had the ability to record the sharpest pictures of the Sun – which has a radius of almost 700,000km – that he has actually ever taken.

In the big, 230 megapixel image, the Sun shines a deep, remarkable red versus a dark sky.

Even the plasma right at the external edge of the Sun can be seen on electronic camera – taking off out of the gas giant at the bottom of the shot.  

Andrew, who publish his pictures on his @cosmic_background Instagram page, stated: ‘I was extremely delighted with the result.

‘I wasn’t sure if the image would end up so well, as stitching together a big picture of the sun includes special difficulties that I’ve never ever handled previously.

‘But I will definitely be producing more of these.’

Explaining the information of his production, he included: ‘To capture the Sun in more detail than I’ve ever tried, I put together a brand-new solar telescope that offered me 4000mm of focal length, about 10x the zoom of my previous telescope.

‘I utilized a method called “lucky imaging”, so the very best frames from a specific session are stacked together to help in reducing the results of the environment.

‘These photos were captured just before noon, when the sun was high in the sky but while the atmosphere was still relatively calm.’

Andrew continued: ‘By recording close up information of the surface area with this rig, timed when the environment was extremely still, I had the ability to produce sharp information on its surface area.

‘These items around the edge of the Sun are referred to as a “prominence” – a mass of plasma suspended in the solar environment by the sun’s effective electromagnetic field’

‘These happen quite frequently, and last a long time.’

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