X2.9 Flare & Coronal Rain in CaK 27th May

[marktownley]

Hi All.

I was out this morning trying to image in CaK in between the fast scudding clouds when I got an alert for the X2.9 flare. Took me a few seconds hunting round before I realised it was on the limb, but it was awe inspiring! I only had 5 mins before I was completely clouded out, but, as you can see a lot happens in 5 minutes on the sun! Taken at 66mm f15, with a 2x cemax and the zwo290mm.

Coronal-Rain-CaK-1200px by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Hope you like!

Mark

[rigel123]

Awesome Mark! That was about the same amount of time I got on my CaK animation! Yours is a tad sharper!

[DavidP]

Fantastic capture Mark. You have really upped the Ca prominence standard.
Was this the SE limb? AR3664 coming around?

[marktownley]

Thanks Warren, thanks David. Yup, the monster is on the return

[Martin_S]

Thats an amazing capture Mark. Those flare loops are sharp. Great work

[John]

That's one super animation, your CaK filter setup is performing a brilliantly.

John

[VasilevIvan]

Woooow! Incredible animation, Mark! Great catching of X2.9 on the limb!

[Peterm]

Great catch, animation looks terrific Mark!

[DeepSolar64]

WooHoo!! Beautiful work Mark. CaK loops, animated and in color.

Very nice sharp details too.

James

[Rob63]

Stunning little animation Mark, the next week or two should be very interesting (if the weather plays ball)

[marktownley]

Thanks everyone, appreciate the comments. Rain today, but i'm on the boat rewiring some 12 volt systems and giving the battery bank annual maintenance. Anyway, here's a couple of images from the same time from just before the flare alert, seeing wasn't great, but it was better than todays grey skies!

ar13695 CaK 66mm f15 2x cemax zwo290mm by Mark Townley, on Flickr

ar13685 CaK 66mm f15 2x cemax zwo290mm by Mark Townley, on Flickr

[Dennis]

You used the sunshine well Mark, cool images and animation.

[ffellah]

Awesome CaK loops animation, Mark. Never saw one before. Fantastic catch.

Franco

[MAURITS]

Beautiful capture Mark.

[marktownley]

Thanks gents!

[KMH]

Terrific images and animation! Let's hope for more fireworks (within reason!) from this AR.

Kevin

[cte]

Great animation Mark, proms in the Ca K line are hard to detect

[marktownley]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

[christian viladrich]

Splendid Mark!

[vineyard]

Great stuff. The proms coming over the brow - its like a song "what's that coming over the hill, is it a monster, is it a monster" Will it bring aurorae this time?

[arnedanielsen]

Fabulous results, Mark! Love the additions too!!

[nicspenceryork]

Love the animation.
It must be so satisfying to make your own equipment, spot imperfections, know how to correct them and then get a fantastic result like this.
Nic

[Carbon60]

Superb, Mark. The animation is really something special. Beautifully done.

Stu.

[Andy Devey]

Beautiful capture and presentation Mark.

Regards

Andy