h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Spring has begun suddenly and unusually early in the year for northern Germany, with mild temperatures and quite a bit of sun in the afternoons, so I could capture videos in h-alpha and CaK for an hour. The seeing wasn't good enough for high resolution images, but I got full disks and close-ups of the active regions.

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As I hadn't looked at GONG before imaging I almost missed the big prom until I accidentally cranked up the gain so far that it caught my eye. Unfortunately I had already taken down the h-alpha scope and no time left to get it out again, but CaK worked quite nice.

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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Beautiful shots Frank!
Your full disks have great uniformity across the field of view and that prom is spectacular.
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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Very nicely done Frank! I am surprised how well CaK caught that big prom.


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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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I missed that Prom Frank , it looks amazing.


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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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These came out really very well Frank! I hope spring weather stays with you :)


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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Cracking images, Frank.

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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Frank,
Stunning images :bow

The Ca-k prom is magnificent!

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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Excellent work, Frank. The CaK prom is a beauty.

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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Great images, I like CaK with prominence, really beautiful.


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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Thanks everybody! I had one more spring day on Friday, but now it's mostly clouds again.

But then one of the fun things about SC is that there is always somebody somewhere in the world with clear skies who posts solar images to look at!


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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Great discs Frank!

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Re: h-alpha and CaK, February 24th, 2021

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Hi,

Excellent detailed images.


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