Hello,
I was watching at the eyepiece around 12.00 GMT when there was an enormous eruption from AR2831 (I think?).
I saw it as a segmented ring that looked like an arched scorpions tail. The barbed sting was pointing towards the sun.
The whole eruption took about 1 1/2 hours and was a magnificent sight. The sting then disappeared, but the segmented ring remained. The last section developed a small eye like hole and the ring now looked like an angry dragons head. This whole ring then moved away from the surface becoming fainter and more dissipated.
I only done visual, but was wondering if anyone caught it as photos or video?
Just for info, I was observing with Lunt 80 binos with 15mm Delites
John
9/6/21 AR2831 Eruption
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Re: 9/6/21 AR2831 Eruption
It was fantastic, two members caught caught it
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Re: 9/6/21 AR2831 Eruption
Thank you Alexandra, very kind of you to pass on the links. I've only been on the 'sunny side' since last Nov, but this was the best event I have seen so far.
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Re: 9/6/21 AR2831 Eruption
I got an alert on SpaceWeatherLive when this event happened.
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