The chromosphere doesn’t look good in visible-light wavelengths. A calcium filter also allows us to see plages, faculae, sunspots, active regions, and (although fainter in calcium than Hα ...

To capture this giant, I used a refractor telescope, the Sky Watcher Esprit 120ED equipped with a Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter and a solar camera from Player One, the Apollo-M Max.

The setup is also equipped with a DayStar Quark (chromosphere) solar filter. Finally, the setup includes an Astronomik L3 UV-IR blocker and energy rejection filter.