Solar prominences in Ha
Date: March 19, 2010 3:27pm PDT
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
There were multiple solar prominences visible on the Sun this afternoon, however a series of three in one group stood out as particularly spectacular. Reports from the previous day told of a single huge arching prominence at this same location on the solar disk.
Exposure: 1/4 second at ISO 800
Bandpass: <0.55 A
Equipment: Canon 7D dSLR a-focal through a 2.5x Powermate & Lunt LS60THa + LS50FHa solar telescope mounted on an HEQ5 tracking mount.
Processing: ACDSee Pro 3 - Sobel edge detection; aggressive contrast stretch, crop.