Sunny Tuesday 30th March 2021

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Sunny Tuesday 30th March 2021

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Solar FDs in Ha and Ca II K, but the big story of the day is the large prom in the north-west.

Image20210330_Ha_TS_FD_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210330_Ha_TS_FD_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210330_CaK_FD_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210330_CaK_FD_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Here's the prom. I've also made an animation which will follow once I've finished processing it.

Image20210330_Ha_Prom by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20210330_Ha_Prom_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr

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Re: Sunny Tuesday 30th March 2021

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Now that's quite the prom indeed. Absolutely spectacular.

Looking forward to the animation.


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Re: Sunny Tuesday 30th March 2021

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WoW Stuart! Awesome pics. All of them. BIG thumbs up!!


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Well done Stuart. This is solar activity :-)


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Fantastic captures Stuart, was mostly cloudy here. That's a large prom. I managed just one ha FD today through high haze, not good. Thanks for sharing.


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Wow!! absolute perfection :hamster: :bow I expected nothing less :)

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Stu:
Super session, what a beautiful prominence.
Best wishes and thanks for showing your clean and crisp work.
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Many thanks for your kind comments, everyone.

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Great work, Stu, impressive prominence!


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Great images Stu, like that prom.


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Very nice set Stu, glad you got to see some sun!


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All great looking images, Stu. The prom is awesome !

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Many thanks, everyone.

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Re: Sunny Tuesday 30th March 2021

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Excellent set of images, Stuart!

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