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Loop prominences

On May 13, 2024, an extraordinary solar event was captured, featuring active region AR3664. This sunspot region was responsible for a massive solar storm that generated auroras visible as far south as South Florida. Such displays are exceptionally rare at these latitudes, making the event a significant occurrence for both professional and amateur astronomers.

The image also showcases a beautiful loop prominence, a spectacular feature that was visible using an H-alpha filter. Loop prominences are large, glowing loops of plasma that extend from the Sun's surface, following magnetic field lines. These prominences provide a stunning visual representation of the Sun's magnetic activity and are key to understanding solar dynamics and space weather phenomena.

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2021, November 2021 Jason Matter 2021, November 2021 Jason Matter

Sparkles in the Sun

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Solar Activity on October 25, 2887,2890, 2886, I was able to capture the large bulge that was had that day, M1.3 class flashes, we are still in the solar shekel number 25, which according to estimates, could last much less than expected , due to the great activity that has been seen, and that was ahead of the forecasts, for now to enjoy these spectacular solar landscapes, at every moment the sun gives us a different view, to capture it!

Copyright: Arturo Buenrostro

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2021, July 2021 Jason Matter 2021, July 2021 Jason Matter

1 minute of Sun

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This is one of the most active days of the new solar cycle, weeks with clouds and I only had 5 minutes of sun, and of those minutes here it is in a single photo, one minute of its activity, impressive the details and the beauty that it gives us minute by minute the sun, each look through the telescope, is a new sun, we are going to continue enjoying this new solar cycle, and hopefully it will give us more landscapes like this, I hope you like it.

Mount Skywatcher azeq6.

Camera Zwo asi 178mm

Telescope Lunt 60MT/ B1200PT double stack

Capture Software Firecapture (60 second video recording, I chose 70% of the frames)

Dallas, Tx.

Copyright: Arturo Buenrostro

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2021, March 2021 Jason Matter 2021, March 2021 Jason Matter

The Sun

Image Description and Details : Equipment:Lunt LS80 double stack / BF30QHY174MRainbow RST-135Hinode Solar GuiderLocation: Bad Kreuznach



Copyright: Mehmet Ergün

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Photosphere and Solar Chromosphere

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Photosphere: Meade 60mm ZWO ASI120MM Herschel Prism + Baader Solar Continuum + Optolong UV / IR + ND # 3 Nexstar mount 1000 frames Chromosphere: Crowned PST ZWO ASI120MM Nexstar mount 1000 Frames in Under Exposure and Over Exposure Software: Firecapture + Autostakkert + Registax + Fitsworks + Ps Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda Altaír Astronomical Observatory Poncitlán Jalisco Mexico

Copyright Information: Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda

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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Our Star The Sun

Our star, the sun, is 4,57 billion years old and belongs to the spectral class G2V yellow-orange. She is a so-called yellow dwarf at best age compared to other stars. We will still be approx. Another 4,5 billion years can enjoy her. However, their end will also be our end...
The shot shows the AR2765 sunspot and a protuberance, an ejection of hot gas, on the surface.

Surface Temperature / Surface Temperature:
~ 5700 ℃
Rotation duration / rotation period: 25,4 days
Distance to Earth / Distance to earth: ~ 149,6 million km
Diameter / Diameter: ~ 1,4 million km

Recording data / capture data:
🔭: Lunt LS152 H-alpha
📷: Zwo ASI 120MM mini
🗓: 12.06.2020 17:43 o'clock
👨 💻: Sharpcap, Autostackkert, Photoshop

Copyright: J-N Photography

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

 Flowers blooming in the summer

A solar eruptive prominence as captured on April 28, 2020 with Earth superimposed for a sense of scale.

A solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disk) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface.

Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's hot outer atmosphere, called the corona. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day, and stable prominences may persist in the corona for several months, looping hundreds of thousands of miles into space. Scientists are still researching how and why prominences are formed.

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

Solar Prominence

Capture duration = 51.89 Sec
Captured frames = 590
Capture frame speed = 11 Fps

Camera =The Imaging Source, DMK31AU03.AS
Telescope = LUNT LS100THa PT (Single Stack) / B1800 / Barlow 2X

Copyright: Peter Desypris

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