Ha SPECTACLE NOW 22 Sept

[ollypenrice]

If you have an Ha scope get out there now! There is an amazingly intense prominence forming just this side of the limb and brighter by far than the disk itself. I can't image it because I have to pick folks up at the station but it's a thriller.

Olly

[Merlin66]

Sounds REALLY exciting....hopefully there will be some observers not covered by cloud like me.....

[Black Knight]

Yep, I shall be looking forward to hopefully seeing some images of this then.

/has no solar telescope

[Andrew*]

Had a two-second look - as you say, extremely bright, and fairly large, on the east limb I think.

This telescope has captured an earlier stage. Now it looks like it's quite a bit bigger:

http://www.solobskh.ac.at/halpha4M/JPEG/synoptic/2011/kanz_halph_fd_20110922_121146.jpg

Thanks for the heads up, Olly

Andrew

[JB80]

Oh.... This will have to do me.

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Good viewing to all those that can.

[Stephen]

The very latest SOHO images

[Andrew*]

Anyone else get a glimpse?

A fantastic prominence, visible right across the available spectrum on my PST. On one side of Ha it was bright and compact, streaming directly outwards from the sunspot, bright, with almost parallel jets. On band it was kind of chaotic, but showing more loops, extending further round the limb, and with floating clouds, and on the other wing the loops extended further over the limb.

Watching as I tuned the filter, they seemed to be moving, spraying out from the sunspot and over - absolutely fascinating.

Rough sketches will come later... Sorry, was the best I could do through the patchy cloud and without a camera to hand

[Photosbykev]

The Gong network will have to keep me entertained It does look a bit special at the moment

[Glen]

Sounds like you witnessed the x class cme!

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talk about right time right place must of been spectacular.

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/subfield.php

[scaramanga]

Hi folks,

dont post here very much I'm more of a reader than writer, I witnessed this activity today with my first ever view through a solar scope, I am a friend of Ken Hugget who makes the solarscope filters based on the Isle of man , he invited me round for a look through one of his scopes ,we both looked through the scope ,spotted the activity , Ken then rang Pete Lawrence who got a quick shot of it.

Baptism of fire if you'll pardon the pun

[ollypenrice]

If Pete Lawrence is on the case then we're laughing. I got back from the station just as the sun was setting, dammit! Perfect night though so tomorrow I'll be up and at it.

Olly

[Photosbykev]

If Pete Lawrence is on the case then we're laughing. I got back from the station just as the sun was setting, dammit! Perfect night though so tomorrow I'll be up and at it.

Olly

Peters image is on Spaceweather

[solarastro]

Hi Olly,

Didn't get a chance on the 22nd but looked Saturday and today and it is great to see some nice Sunspot groups. Got a good view in whit light and H-Alpha but not in Calcium-H.

Anthony.