Candle in the Wind 11/3/2022

[rigel123]

I was torn between this title and Lucifer's Lighter. I think the first title goes well with the B&W image and the other for the colorized version. What a treat this morning when I first slewed to the sun and saw that "needle" extending from the SW limb! And seeing and transparency were quite nice. This is one hour in real time, and I really wasn't sure what to expect when I first started capturing until I saw that it was dissipating quite rapidly. I have no idea how it started out as all of the GONG videos just show it suddenly appearing so I'm guessing it was a fairly eruptive event since after I saw it it did not last long. I still have two more animations of different regions to work on but wanted to get this one out there since I had sent out an alert this morning. Lunt LS60T DS, ASI174MM, Meade 3X TeleXtender for animations. 500 frames captured every 30 seconds, processed in AS!3, ImPPG, and PS. Animations were rotated 90 degrees CCW for viewing.

Full Disk showing the location

FD-11-3-2022.jpg (321.49 KiB) Viewed 564 times

Inverted

FD-11-3-2022-Inverted.jpg (336.42 KiB) Viewed 564 times

Still with Earth for reference

SE-Limb-Spindle-Prom-with-Earth-11-3-2022.jpg (119.5 KiB) Viewed 564 times

Animation
SW Spindle Prom Animation 11 3 2022 by Rigel123, on Flickr

And of course, in false color
SW Spindle Prom Animation 11 3 2022 Color by Rigel123, on Flickr

Link to Astrobin for both animations

[Bill_C]

Wonderful capture Warren

[rigel123]

Thanks Bill!

[DeepSolar64]

What time did it occur? I saw nothing of it between 15:00 and 16:00 UTC when my observations took place. Was it bright enough to be seen in doublestack?

[pupak]

Fantastic work.

[MAURITS]

That's incredible work Warren.

[Montana]

Fabulous catch Warren this is what makes solar observing so exciting

Alexandra

[Carbon60]

Excellent work, Warren.

Stu.

[ffellah]

Fabulous prom animation Warren

Franco

[rigel123]

What time did it occur? I saw nothing of it between 15:00 and 16:00 UTC when my observations took place. Was it bright enough to be seen in doublestack?

Hi James, this occurred between 13:18 and 14:18 UTC so you just missed it and it was quite visible in DS mode. Stu posted a shot of the prom from 9:30 UTC prior to it growing this tall.

[rigel123]

Thanks everyone, it is so rewarding to catch events such as this to share! It’s always nice when seeing is especially steady during these events too!

[Martin_S]

I really enjoy your topic headers Warren, thanks for being imaginative. Your animations are superb.

[rigel123]

Thanks Martin!

[Rob63]

Great stuff Warren

[DeepSolar64]

What time did it occur? I saw nothing of it between 15:00 and 16:00 UTC when my observations took place. Was it bright enough to be seen in doublestack?

Hi James, this occurred between 13:18 and 14:18 UTC so you just missed it and it was quite visible in DS mode. Stu posted a shot of the prom from 9:30 UTC prior to it growing this tall.

Dern. I just missed it! :-(

[rsfoto]

Excellent

[rigel123]

Thanks Aaron, Rob and Rainer!

[pedro]

Beautiful animation Warren

[rigel123]

Thanks Pedro!

[Dennis]

Awesome animation and images Warren.

[rigel123]

Thanks Dennis!

[arnedanielsen]

Great work Warren!

That animation of the prom-needle is very cool!

Best regards,
Arne

[rigel123]

Thanks Arne!