20th Dec Large filament on Sun

[John W]

20th Dec. There is a large filament on the Sun in the NE sector. I measured it at around 466,000 km in length. A filament is a prominence seen against the Sun's surface rather than on the limb. Two Ha images are presented - one showing the NE sector and the other the SW sector. Both are single exposures taken with a Canon 550d camera at Ha wavelength. Sky conditions were poor with a lot of wind.

Thanks for viewing. Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.
Cheers, John W.

[Tinderboxsky]

Nice capture, John. Thanks for posting.

Season’s greetings to you, too.

Steve.

[RichardJ]

Lovely images John.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Look forward to seeing more images.

RichardJ 🙂

[Maurice]

Very nice shots John.

Cheers
Maurice