Today's Solar Prominences 29/01/13

[George Ionas]

Lots of prominence activity on the sun today.

Image details for full disc: Coronado 90mm Etalon + BF30 filter fitted to a William Optics 102mm ED f/7 doublet lens + AP 0.6x focal reducer = total focal length about 480mm. The image was captured with a DMK51 video camera, processed in Registax and then in CS5.

Image details for closeups: Coronado 90mm Etalon + BF30 filter fitted to a William Optics 102mm ED f/7 doublet lens + Tele Vue 3x Barlow = total focal length about 2145mm. The image was captured with a DMK21 video camera, processed in Registax and then in CS5.

George

[pluto (Hugh)]

Great images!!

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Such power ! , Great shots George .
Thats a huge prominence .
Brian.

[George Ionas]

Thank you for your comments Hugh/Brian. I got a surprise too as I was expecting a quiet sun.

George

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

Nice going George. Work and clouds here.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Great images, George!

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by George Ionas

Lots of prominence activity on the sun today.


George

I really like to Prom presentation....

[Derek Klepp]

Great pics George and very similar to the resolution I get with a lunt 100 and 3xBarlow.If the seeing permits I find optimal quality is between 3x-4x with this aperture.
Derek

[g__day (Matthew)]

Wow!

[George Ionas]

Thank you all for yours comments.

Derek with the Coronado 90 + BF30 I find that a 3x Barlow is about the maximum that I can use. If the seeing is poor then I switch from using the DMK51 + 3x Barlow to a DMK21 + 1.6x Barlow. I think that the faster film rate of the DMK21 is much better in poor seeing conditions especially for solar closeups.

George

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi George
Love image one for the whole shebang!