Solar flare video....

[morls]

This is a pretty amazing video....

http://media.theage.com.au/world/world-news/raw-vision-large-solar-flare-erupts-2206112.html

[morls]

and another view of the same event....

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=66532431

[bartman]

Whoooohaaaa
That looks like a massive spew!!!!
with a bit of imagination!!!!
Great shot though!
Thanks
Bartman

[icytailmark]

is it possible to see a solar flare in a telescope? if so what telescope?

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Mark - yes you can but never look at the Sun directly - you need equipment!

You can absolutely see flares and prominences and ejections - a Hydrogen Alpha scope will do the job - a specialised filter that let's light at the red end of the spectrum into the eye piece.

It allows you to see the upper atmosphere of the Sun - the Chromosphere where all these good things are visible.

Some sites to visit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-alpha

http://www.luntsolarsystems.com/

http://www.meade.com/product_pages/coronado/coronado.php

My site has images taken with Ha scopes - -have a look - there are plenty of images taken by small Ha scopes that are awesome.

http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell