Sunday afternoon gap 9th August 2020

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Sunday afternoon gap 9th August 2020

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After waiting all weekend for some sunshine I finally had a gap for 30 minutes Sunday afternoon. Seeing was absolutely dire but I persisted and went for it and manged just a 10 minute timelapse in the blue wing of H-alpha from 13:21-13:31 UTC. I didn't see any Ellerman bombs, I think the seeing was too bad for small scale targets but there is a lot of fast moving material moving outwards from the Sun. Solarscope SF100 / 2x Barlow / Grasshopper 3

Image2020-008-09-AR12770-blue-wing-animation by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

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ImageSun_131829_09_08_2020 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

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ImageSun_141251_09_08_2020 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

I'll try again another day for the EBs

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Some nice detail Alexandra - thanks

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Lots of action in that animation, cool.


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Nice details and niceley processed Alexandra.


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That animation is awesome. Look at those spicules dance! And it looks like the plasma is really flowing in that lower filament. A reconnection event maybe?


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nice animation love the closeups nice job Alexandra :bow


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Hi Alexandra,

Excellent. I am under clouds due to Tropical Storm Elida in the Pacific ... expected to become a Hurricane in the next hours ...

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac


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Love it! So much happening on the sun at all scales, great animation to show it!


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Love the animation and you recorded some great detail in the AR and the prom. The seeing has been vile here for the last week but I was getting the odd few seconds of calm as the clouds passed on Saturday. I spent some time working on that prom but got nothing I was happy with. Glad you got your dose of Solartherapy!


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rsfoto wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 6:39 pm Hi Alexandra,

Excellent. I am under clouds due to Tropical Storm Elida in the Pacific ... expected to become a Hurricane in the next hours ...

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Great animation and images, Alexandra ! The close up of the AR is stunning, processing is so good. Glad you could beat the odds and the bad seeing...

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Thanks guys :) stay safe Rainer!

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Beautiful work, Alexandra.
The off band images really do have a beauty of their own.
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Nice images Alexandra in spite of the dire seeing


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Nicely done, Alexandra. The blue wing animation really displays very nicely how the material flows under the influence of local magnetic fields.

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Nice looking shots Alexandra! I've been too busy lately to get the scope out, and when have had time the weather has been trash.


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