H alpha prominence from April 6

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H alpha prominence from April 6

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Hi Everyone.

Starting to dust off cobwebs and return to some imaging. Yesterday offered some average seeing and I was able to image the complex prom on the NE limb with the C8 edge with Daystar 0.6A QPE at ~ f30. Also tried an animation which spans about one hour. Plenty of complex swirling motion!

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Re: H alpha prominence from April 6

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Well done, interesting animation!


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Excellent and nice activity in the animation


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Lovely capture, love the animation, thanks for sharing.


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Just amazing dynamic prom!


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Re: H alpha prominence from April 6

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The stills are great but the animation brings the prom to life. Look at the central area. It's spinning like a tornado! But on a scale and speed that makes terrestrial tornadoes look microscopic. These are certainly outstanding work!!


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That is one of the most interesting animations I’ve ever seen. Thanks for sharing


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Looking at it some more, that cyclone type-feature is drawing material in from the bottom, and spitting it out from the top.


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Excellent, Peter.
Great to see you imaging again.

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Re: H alpha prominence from April 6

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That's really impressive Peter, both image and animation.


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Hello Peter,
The complex circulation of plasma is amazing !


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I really like these Peter, stunning stills and the animation fills them with life :bow :hamster:

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Excellent prom images and animation, Peter. Glad to see you back imaging...

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Re: H alpha prominence from April 6

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Hi Peter,

Fantastic prominence animation! Thanks for sharing.


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Re: H alpha prominence from April 6

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Excellent capture and animation Peter.

Very well done
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