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Originally Posted by icytailmark
is it possible to see a solar flare in a telescope? if so what telescope?
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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/c...o/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