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Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Hey all,

Somehow I had a clear morning despite it raining for days and was prepared to miss this one. But I was blessed with some time this morning and good sub-arc-second seeing. That big monstrous filament made it to the limb and didn't lift off, so we have our monstrous filaprom to celebrate! What a beast it is. It's several Earth diameters out into the corona and we can enjoy seeing the one structure both as a filament and a prominence at the same time. And with luck it's near a rather nice spot in an active region to boot! Such a great quadrant to watch. Plus, a decent minor flare occurred near that AR this morning too and I watched it visually develop and then simmer down. It can be seen in my full disc image half way through its occurrence. There's another massive filament, also almost 1 light second in length that has been trailing but it lifted off about 30 minutes after I imaged the area. It was thinner and darker and then later when I wrapped up my session with a full disc it was more diffuse and now it's lifted off and gone, so that one won't make the limb. Quite the whale!

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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Awesome images, Marty!

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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Great images Marty.


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That's a great collection Marty! I was able to get out this early afternoon, but with the seeing I had I'm sure my results won't be so nice as yours!

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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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That is just crazy! Fantastic capture Marty!


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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Some alternative views, rotated for a more pleasing composition, and inverted simply because it really shows off filaments I think differently visually for us.


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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Marty,
These are some of the finest images you have ever done in my opinion. They are beautiful!! Excellent resolution and I love the color. It really adds to a dramatic presentation of that magnificent filaprom! These display solar imaging at it’s best. And with achromats too!!

👍🏻👍🏻

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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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An excellent set of images, Marty. Nicely done.

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Fantastic image of the filaprom! Other images are also very well done!

Thanks for sharing, Marty.


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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Wow!! these are gorgeous :bow

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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Great results, Marty: the filaprom is awesome !

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Magnificent shots!


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Great results Marty, well done


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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Fantastic images Marty,especially the filaprom image.

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Marty:
All super images, specially the filaprom.
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Re: Monster Filaprom! High Res | HA | July 15th 2022

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Excellent Marty.


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