July 30th - H Alpha - Large Filament Still Dominating - Lots of Proms

[paulastro]

The sun broke through the misty cloud at about 7.05 this morning. The large filament is still dominating the scene and there were at least a dozen prominences, the best in the NW and SE.  Single frames with Lunt 60 DS and Olympus E-M10 at 500 asa.  The first taken at 7.26 am on 1/80 sec. and the second at 7.25 am on 1/8 sec - the latter is added only to show the position of the prominences.

 

 

 

[Davey-T]

Looking good Paul, would love to image it today but not looking too hopeful ATM as it's peeing down.

Dave

[paulastro]

4 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Looking good Paul, would love to image it today but not looking too hopeful ATM as it's peeing down.

Dave

Thanks Dave, the met weather map indicates you should have some sunny intervals by around 7pm, if not before, if that's not too late for you to view the sun from your location?

[Davey-T]

1 minute ago, paulastro said:

Thanks Dave, the met weather map indicates you should have some sunny intervals by around 7pm, if not before, if that's not too late for you to view the sun from your location?

Thanks Paul, surprising as it may seem I don't believe it until I see it 

Sun is just dropping behind the chimney pots around 7pm so it usually manages to appear just too late to image may get a bit of visual.

Dave

[laudropb]

Very nice images Paul. Clouds are back here today.

[DRT]

Very nice images, Paul.

I've been watching that filament through my Quark this morning and it is truly enormous!

[David Smith]

Good shot Paul. Nothing but sucker holes here so far today.

[Pete Presland]

Thanks for sharing Paul,  had a few glimpses through the cloud's today nothing really clear. The filament looks very nice still. A good amount of proms as well,  including two decent size ones in the east and west. 

[paulastro]

Many thanks for all your comments.  I noticed later in the day than many of the prominences were either diminished or absent - let's hope it picks up again tomorrow, along with the weather .

[Pete Presland]

51 minutes ago, paulastro said:

Many thanks for all your comments.  I noticed later in the day than many of the prominences were either diminished or absent - let's hope it picks up again tomorrow, along with the weather .

There was a particularly nice prom on the eastern limb this morning that disappeared very quickly.

[DrRobin]

Nice one Paul. 

Robin

[cshahar]

Excellent shot Paul. I actually used it as a reference today!

-Charles

[paulastro]

9 hours ago, bunnygod1 said:

There was a particularly nice prom on the eastern limb this morning that disappeared very quickly.

Thanks Pete.  Drat, missed it!

[paulastro]

2 hours ago, cshahar said:

Excellent shot Paul. I actually used it as a reference today!

-Charles

Many thanks Charles.  It's nice to know it was of some use to someone!