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Sun Prominence animation

Started by Daniel, Apr 18, 2009, 23:36:52

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Daniel

Hi All, have to say, solar imaging is just the most relaxing astronomy you can do, I was out capturing this sitting on a deck chair, working everything remotely from the laptop under glorious sunshine.

Anyway, this is a 23 frame animation of 500 frames taken at 2 minute intervals, stacked in registax and stabilized in shake.

Check out the fireballs colliding!!!!

Daniel
:O)


Rick


Mike

Pretty amazing animation Daniel.

Nice to see the action on the sun is hotting up  :roll:
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Delphine


Rocket Pooch


Fay

Fantastic Daniel, best I have ever seen!!!
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

RobertM

That is exceptional Daniel, that Lunt certainly has very good definition.

Mac


JohnP

Impressive Daniel - Don't suppose you done any calculations to detrmine how big those prominences are compared to say the diameter of the Earth...

Daniel

Hi John, just whipped up a quick image for comparisson, the sun being 109 times wider across than the earth, which makes those "little" fireballs coliding with eachother probably the size of Asia!!!

Daniel
:O)


MarkS


Daniel,

That's a simply stunning animation!  Very well done.  It's good to see the earth's size in comparison.

Mark