Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
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Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
A couple of FDs in Ha and Ca II K from today,which turned out pretty nice in the afternoon after a dubious start.
The best part of the day, however, was when I imaged a very fine eruptive prom that I managed to capture as an animation with lots of uninterrupted blue sky from the west. It's a bit jittery at the end and I didn't orientate it to compensate for the diagonal, but it demonstrates the dynamics of this active prom quite nicely.
First up Ca II K on a 72mm refractor fitted with a Lunt B600 module.
20200712_CaK_FD by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20200712_CaK_FD_COLOUR by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Ha FD in mono and colour on a Lunt 60
20200712_Ha_FD_1.5_Red by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20200712_Ha_FD_1.5_Red_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the prom.....
This is a still image captured at the start of the activity at 15:47 UT
20200712_Ha_Prom by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the animation sequence from 16:04 to 16:49 UT
20200712_Prom by Stuart Green, on Flickr
The seeing conditions were not ideal by this time. Apologies if it takes some time to load.
That's probably it for the next week or so if the weather reports are to be believed. More cloud and rain is forecast for the remainder of the week.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
The best part of the day, however, was when I imaged a very fine eruptive prom that I managed to capture as an animation with lots of uninterrupted blue sky from the west. It's a bit jittery at the end and I didn't orientate it to compensate for the diagonal, but it demonstrates the dynamics of this active prom quite nicely.
First up Ca II K on a 72mm refractor fitted with a Lunt B600 module.
20200712_CaK_FD by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20200712_CaK_FD_COLOUR by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Ha FD in mono and colour on a Lunt 60
20200712_Ha_FD_1.5_Red by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20200712_Ha_FD_1.5_Red_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the prom.....
This is a still image captured at the start of the activity at 15:47 UT
20200712_Ha_Prom by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the animation sequence from 16:04 to 16:49 UT
20200712_Prom by Stuart Green, on Flickr
The seeing conditions were not ideal by this time. Apologies if it takes some time to load.
That's probably it for the next week or so if the weather reports are to be believed. More cloud and rain is forecast for the remainder of the week.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
Last edited by Carbon60 on Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Marvelous animation, like watching gigantic fireworks! Thanks for showing!
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Some well fab images - even though a fairly quiet day, you have shown top-marks for that animated-prom.
Your CaK image is precisely why I got my Lunt 60mm CaK along with the Lunt Ha, some years ago and just love what it can show-up.
Hopefully our weather will allow me to post again some tri-scope images - if the PC behaves itself.
Thanks for showing
Terry
Your CaK image is precisely why I got my Lunt 60mm CaK along with the Lunt Ha, some years ago and just love what it can show-up.
Hopefully our weather will allow me to post again some tri-scope images - if the PC behaves itself.
Thanks for showing
Terry
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
I like the splash at the end of the animation, great timing.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
I had issues seeing this well at times visually due to high cloudiness. Excellent work Stuart. You have captured the immense speed of the plasma movement. And to think that several Earths could fit under that prom brings it into perspective.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
The full disks look great (especially CaK) but WOW, that prominence animation is spectacular!
Nicely done, Stu.
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Nicely done, Stu.
Cheers.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Beautiful prom, disks and fantastic animation, Stu !
Great job with all of them.
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Great job with all of them.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Great animation! Love the fine detail the 150mm picks up. Makes me wish I could have afforded the lunt 152, lol. Keep 'em coming!
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Nice work, Stu.
That prom animation is absolutely breathtaking though; great catch!
That prom animation is absolutely breathtaking though; great catch!
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Excellent! I especially like the eruptive prominence animation.
Thanks for shuring, Stu.
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Re: Sun in Ha and Ca II K plus beautiful eruptive prom 12th July 2020
Stu:
Superb animation, I also saw it and it did not last much but got it on CaK.
Have a nice starting week.
Eric.
Superb animation, I also saw it and it did not last much but got it on CaK.
Have a nice starting week.
Eric.