'Jet' prominence on the sun

[Stu]

Lovely day here today, finally, so was out having a short session on the sun with the PST.

There are some lovely prominences showing, nice large one I suppose at around 10 o'clock position.

What caught my eye however, was what looked like a jet of gas heading in a clear straight line, probably at around the 4 or 5 o'clock position. It formed very quickly and then when I came back out again a few minutes later it had gone. I've not seen anything happen so quickly before, was great to see, I just wish I had watched it for longer.

Anyone else catch it?

Stu

[allcart]

Shame I missed it. Spent the morning making up my scope and lens filters, but by the time I got out there the sun was behind some trees and obscured by clouds. Then it got too low to see. Perhaps I'll get another go tomorrow a bit earlier. It looks like I only have a small window of opportunity at this time of year from the garden.

Can't wait to see something like you have described.

[Peter Drew]

I just caught a brief view of it with a 80mm PST mod. These objects are reasonably frequent and, as you say, fast moving. Anyone who missed it could play it back on GONG.

[Stu]

Thanks Peter. Please excuse my ignorance......GONG?

Stu

[keithatrochdale]

GONG http://halpha.nso.edu/ H Alpha Network Monitor

Very useful in the UK as we don't seem to get much sun and also to see if it is worth getting the scopes out.

[Peter Drew]

Stu. It's a global network of six solar observatories which monitor the Sun in Ha daily with images updated each minute, an absolute must for solar enthusiasts. There are a number of additional facilities that allow you to wind back the data to catch what you may have missed, most of the details shown can be seen in a good PST so it makes a great comparison.

[Stu]

That's excellent, thanks Peter. I've found the site, might take a bit of exploration to work out where to find the images from earlier. Will have a look later

Cheers

Stu

[Stu]

Sorry Keith, didn't see your post. Many thanks for the link, much appreciated

Stu

[keithatrochdale]

Nice image here http://solarchat.natca.net/index.php/en/this-is-solar-chat/6-this-is-solarchat-/54154-massive-prom the site is worth a good look round too.