2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium

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Very nice!! And so cold too. Look at all that snow!!


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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Wow such deep snow and cold, but you achieved well-good close-ups of the big prom

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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium

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Brilliant captures of prom, especially in Ca-K. I'm not even going to comment on the snow 🥺❄️.


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The animation still turned out very good. 👍🏻


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WoW. Look at all that flowing plasma! This shows so much more than I can see. It really takes an animation to show well how dynamic the sun really is.


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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

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Excellent images and animations in Ca K. You've captured some beautiful motion there.

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Great animation (and images) there. Haven't seen Calcium prom animations all that often.


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WOW ! A great set of images and animations, poster. Love it !

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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

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Great! It seems the same one of today's Spaceweather.com page.


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Stunning!


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Congratulations on the super prom. Great to see a CaK animation.

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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

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Superb image and animation in CaK...well done :bow

I see you have the cold and snow too. I was on a conference call yesterday with many people from the mid west and they were all colder than me!

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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

Post by Montana »

Wow!! your snow beats ours :hamster:

Congrats on Spaceweather :hamster: that is a fabulous animation :movie

do you have the pretty blue version of the animation cropped like the one on Spaceweather to post here?

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That’s awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻


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Congrats on spaceweather front page!

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Excellent animation. Well done !


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Re: 2-9-21 big prom in calcium (now animated)

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Awesome animation in CAK!! Congratulations!!

What is your setup like? Can you tell us more about your CAK filter?

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