Huge Proms Today! | HA | March 26th 2019

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

If you have a scope, get out there if conditions allow, there's a huge hedge prominence on the limb unlike what we typically see during the minimum. Despite nothing else really on the surface, no active regions, only a few minor filaments, but nothing that at all compares to how impressive this prominence grouping is. Hopefully it will last a while for more folk to see it, truly a spectacle!

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Earth Scale:

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Equipment:

C8 Edge HD + Edge 0.7x Focal Reducer (masked to 150mm F9.3) + Aires 200mm D-ERF + Baader Uv/IR Block Filter
ST80 (masked to 60mm F6.7)
Daystar Quark Chromosphere
ASI174MM + 0.5x Focal Reducer

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Conditions:

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Very best,

[Astrophil]

Nice ones Marty. I had the PST out today so nothing as grand as those.

Phil

[MalVeauX]

The prominences are still getting bigger too!

Very best,

[Montana]

Wow!! and it was sunny all day here too, pity I was at work, sorry still at work

Thanks for the view, I really needed that, still got another hour to go before I go home, been a 13 hr day

Alexandra

[marktownley]

Nice images and good shot of the obs, is it close to your house?

[MalVeauX]

Yessir, the observatory is on my 5 acre property with my house. I just moved it farther away for a better chance to clear trees to the East in the mornings for solar.

I'm thinking to add a 16" (400mm) pier extension to gain 15~30 minutes of imaging time in the morning before the clouds show up quickly and before morning seeing deteroriates quickly.

My seeing seems to be good very early, currently between 8~9:30am Eastern Time, but then it falls apart after 10am or 11am depending on conditions, and it's really bad after that. But, it calms again usually around 2pm +/- a little bit. It's horrible after 3pm.

Very best,

[MAURITS]

Beautiful images Marty.

[eroel]

Marty:
A very good session.
Regards,
Eric.

[Carbon60]

Thanks for the heads-up, Marty. Just more clouds here.

Lovely images. Nice work.

Stu.

[ffellah]

Great images, Marty. That prominence is something to see...

Franco