Sun August 22nd

[RichardJ (Richard)]

This morning's Sun taken with my Lunt 35mm scope.
Quite a 'smudge' on the Sun and some nice Proms.

RichardJ

[Eris (Gerard)]

A nice grab Richard. Well done.

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

What is the "smudge" out of interest? Or what causes it...

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Originally Posted by mura_gadi

What is the "smudge" out of interest? Or what causes it...

It’s called a filament. It is a prominence viewed overlying the solar disc.

This link should help

https://skyandtelescope.org/observin...a092321050923/

Regards,

RichardJ

[h0ughy (David)]

proms and filaments. cool