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[OregonAstronomer]

Hi all,

 

While I've seen and imaged many beautiful prominences over the last few years since getting my dedicated solar scope, I've always wanted to catch a large, graceful arching loop extending well out from the disk. Today it finally happened! When I checked the GONG website this morning this wasn't there, but it appeared first thing after the sun cleared the trees. By ten minutes later it was gone. I'm a pretty happy camper!

 

2023-09-15

Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

100mm Bausch & Lomb f/10 achromat refractor

Baader TZ4 4x tele-extender, Solar Spectrum SUNA 0.7A etalon, 0.4x compressor

ZWO ASI178MM camera, 3ms exposures, 36fps for 30 seconds

Best 5% of frames stacked in AutoStakkert, wavelets applied in Astra-Image, colorized in Photoshop

 

[yuzameh]

Nice choice of a goldy colour too,  just to add that bit more.

[rigel123]

Great catch!

[Tapio]

That is beautiful.

Luckily I have so long history that I have been fortunate to witness such event during previous solar maximum.

PS I have noticed that GONG site hasn't been up to date lately.

[KMH]

Great catch!

 

Kevin

[OregonAstronomer]

Great catch!

 

 

Great catch!

 

Kevin

Thanks, everyone! I feel very fortunate the trees blocking my view are on the east side of the yard instead of the west, otherwise I would have missed this.

 

 

Nice choice of a goldy colour too,  just to add that bit more.

I do outreach at the local Waldorf School and the kids always ask why my pictures of the sun aren't yellow! While I try to educate them as to the nature of sunlight and how we perceive it, sometimes it's just easier to colorize the images!

 

That is beautiful.

Luckily I have so long history that I have been fortunate to witness such event during previous solar maximum.

PS I have noticed that GONG site hasn't been up to date lately.

I, too, have been around for a number of solar maxima, but this is my first with a hydrogen-alpha scope. What I'm really hoping for is to be around for the next few solar maxima!