Sun in Hydrogen Alpha

With Coronado PST

Uploaded 8/14/11

 Saturday and Sunday were once again filled with monsoon rains and clouds, however this morning we had an hour or so of clear skies to at least get some solar imaging in. Today the Sun had no sunspots, but many filaments and two very large prominences.

With 2x Coronando Barlow




                  
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Large
                  tree like prominence seen here






                  
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This huge but very dim prom has
small plasma balls shooting off it







                  
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A very large filament on the disk
(Which are proms seen over the
disk of the sun)




With 3x Klee Barlow

 


                  
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This far more detailed view shows
a tree like appearance







                  
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The filament is rich in detail and now
we can see some of the small
loops on the limb







                  
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This close up shows in the full size
image - some loose tiny balls of 
plasma released by the suns
upheavals.




Instrument:  Coronado PST 40mm
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200
Camera:  DMK 1024
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature: 75F
Processing: Registax, Photoshop CS
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