Active Regions & Large Filament in 6562.8A | Jan 1 2019

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

I've not seen the sky for many days, I woke up to low transparency but ok seeing and few clouds. It only lasted 30 minutes before the clouds rolled in, so I had to grab a ton of data in a short period so I missed a few features (I just could not get a good set of data on the largest really feint prom at large scale). That large filament is bound to make for a really nice prominence as it rounds the limb maybe by end of the week or so if it lasts. The two AR's are showing some good plage area and filaments, and the more active AR of the two flared a little this morning. Included a blank limb to show the spicule fields as there's always something to see in HA with enough resolution.

B&W:

Colored:

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Equipment:

Celestron 150mm F8 Refractor
Daystar 150mm ERF
Daysar Quark Chromosphere
PST etalon
ASI174MM + 0.5x focal reducer
ST80 (masked to 60mm)

Very best,

[Paul73]

Loving the gourmet setup. Great results too!

Paul

[Buzzard75]

Just finished watching your solar imaging tutorial on YouTube. You make it look easy. Excellent work!

[Davey-T]

Very nice, if you can't see the Sun in Florida we've got no chance in the UK.

Dave

[SIDO]

Awesome shots, Very nice Indeed.

[Pete Presland]

Some nice activity to start the year with and look at those blue skies!