petevasey Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) Around the turn of the year I had an accident with my Solarview50 Ha telescope which detached the etalon thereby needing repair in the Isle of Man. They had an awful time fixing it - the etalon plates just would not go back together. Until they tried replacement spacers - most unusual for them to be damaged, and then the magic happened 😁 I got the 'scope back yesterday, just in time for the partial eclipse tomorrow, (guaranteeing full cloud cover!), but no decent clear spells. Today a bit better, and some definite action so I decided to go for an image with my GPCAM3. and when I stretched things, I found what might be a coronal mass ejection, certainly clouds of glowing gas thrown a huge distance - the furthest section is probably at least 200,000 miles out. Lucky strike! This image is half size - full size will be on my web site by tomorrow. Cheers, Peter Edited June 9, 2021 by petevasey realigned image 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigT82 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Wonderful capture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vineyard Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 That is gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debo Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Superb image See https://www.spaceweather.com/ AR2831 sent out a massive plasma plume, you seem to to have captured it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 38 minutes ago, Debo said: Superb image See https://www.spaceweather.com/ AR2831 sent out a massive plasma plume, you seem to to have captured it. Many thanks for that - good to have the details. Definitely the same outburst, my image was taken just 8 minutes after the NASA one. Slightly different orientation. Of course I didn't know about it! Just lucky. A pity my sky was slightly hazy, otherwise I might have picked up more of the plume. But very happy with what I got 😀 Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsunegari Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 me = jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT65CB-SWL Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Nice capture. I would not like to be on the receiving end of that CME ...or anywhere close to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 46 minutes ago, Philip R said: Nice capture. I would not like to be on the receiving end of that CME ...or anywhere close to it! My thoughts exactly! And that was an amazing capture Peter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Congratulations on a very fine capture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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