Rapidly Emerging Prominences on the Northeastern Limb of the Sun

 


Ha Solar Image


Object Data

Object type: Sun
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Notes:  This composition highlights the rapdly changing filament and prominence from 8:45 - 9:15 am local time.

Exposure Data

Date: 10/26/21
Location: Backyard Observatory, Carlsbad, CA
Telescope: Lunt LS100T Ha Double Stack solar scope
Camera: FLIR Grasshopper 23S6M videocamera
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Exposure time: 15% of 3000 frames
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Notes:  2.5x TeleVue Powermate barlow for an effective FL of 1735mm
Captured at a frame rate of 23/s

The 8:45 capture is a single layer (surface) image, while the 9:15 capture is a 2-layer image (surface and prom).

 

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