H-Alpha Huge Arching Solar Prominence

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Hi All

I managed to get in some solar imaging before work the other day. I was lucky enough to capture a wonderful arching prominence that has been a prominent solar feature the last few days.

Taken with Lunt LS80, DMK41 camera and 2.5x powermate plus a 2x barlow to give 5X magnification (2800mm focal length). Thanks.

Ted

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Wow, incredible close-up.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Nice work Ted
Before work.all I crave is zzzzzzzzz

Impressive dedication

PS that is one spectacular structure, wish had seen it for myself

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Great one Ted - super!

[alistairsam]

That's amazing
Would you be able to work out its size in Km's, I know it'll be big but would be interesting to see some numbers

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

That's amazing
Would you be able to work out its size in Km's, I know it'll be big but would be interesting to see some numbers

Thanks Alistair. On my rough calculations I think it spans about 212,000 kms measured as a straight line point to point at the emergence positions on the surface. Longer if you straightened the prominence's curve into a straight line. This is equivalent to about 16.6 earth diameters. Perhaps others can confirm my estimates.

Ted

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Originally Posted by seeker372011

Nice work Ted
Before work.all I crave is zzzzzzzzz

Impressive dedication

PS that is one spectacular structure, wish had seen it for myself

Thanks Narayan, It made me late for work! But perhaps that was a bonus as well?
Ted

[Ross G]

What an amazing closeup Ted.

Ross.

[Peter Ward]

Missed this one due work.... Very cool Ted

[Shiraz (Ray)]

wow - good one Ted

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Pure magic, Ted!

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Thanks All for the comments.
Ted

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, blown away by this one Ted! Excellent hi-res imaging of the Sun.

This is now IOTW.

[clem]

Wow! Outstanding image!

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Originally Posted by clem

Wow! Outstanding image!

Thanks Clem.

Originally Posted by iceman

Wow, blown away by this one Ted! Excellent hi-res imaging of the Sun.

This is now IOTW.

Thanks Mike!

[naskies (Dave)]

That's fantastic - great capture! Congrats on IOTW too.

[steve000 (Steve)]

This is great well worthy of IOTW. Ya know nations spend millions to get the same result

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Stunning image. Well done !