The Sun goes BOOM! Well, a tiny part of it anyway :p

[Chris-h]

I see these eruptions on GONG all the time, but I've never been lucky enough to catch it myself - until now!

Some serious power on display!

Lunt 50, ZWO ASI178

Right! If you can view the video, then yay! If not, here is the youtube link:

https://youtu.be/hOwVDwBlJss

Edited August 25, 2021 by Chris-h

[Rusted]

https://youtu.be/hOwVDwBlJss

What an amazing catch! Congratulations! 

It just goes to show the raw power of animation.
I was staring at a small patch around this AR for hours yesterday.
Completely unaware of anything unusual.
The flares I saw were all on the eastern side and long lasting.

Would you care to share some of the details, please?
Exposure, frequency of capture, total elapsed time, period of capture?

Have you posted this on SolarChat? This must be worth a SPOD!

Thanks.

[Chris-h]

Thank you!

The power of animation indeed. I noticed a darker patch in that area at one point, but thought nothing of it at the time. To be fair, this catch was pure luck! I was messing around with my mod scope at the time, but the adapter needed some more work. So I reattached it to the 50, and set it to capture in the background.

Exposure was 4ms, gain was around 20 at the time (haze came and went). I did one 500 frame run every minute. First frame: 12:55:13, last frame: 14:31:20 (11.55-13.31 [UTC] )

I posted it at SC today. I had to make a GIF that had an acceptable size first. I hate GIFs!

But since the video is broken in here, I will post it anyway

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by Chris-h

[vineyard]

That is awesome - not just the feature (its like a candle being blown out) but the capture too: fine work w that Lunt 50! 👏🏾👏🏾

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Stunning catch!

[Pete Presland]

Superbly captured, love the "smoky" look of it. I think the same lift off was posted on https://www.spaceweather.com/ as well.

[Chris-h]

Thanks all.

Yes Vin, your little Lunt is working great! 👍

[vineyard]

Just now, Chris-h said:

Thanks all.

Yes Vin, your little Lunt is working great! 👍

You are clearly coaxing that wee beast to sing in ways that were way beyond me 😂 (still are tbh, animations 😬) so its really good to see it in such capable hands 👏🏾- looking fwd to seeing your modded captures!

[Chris-h]

Ha, it was a learning curve for sure! Being able to sit inside and control everything, sure makes things a lot easier though!

 

[Kitsunegari]

omg you caught the whale!  Congrats.   

[Chris-h]

Woohoo! 🐳

Thank you!

[Highburymark]

That’s among the best solar animations I’ve seen - fantastic for a Lunt 50. Congratulations.

[Craney]

Amazing capture.

It  has a 3D quality about it.  That gas is heading straight down the barrel.

[Chris-h]

Cheers all!

 

[Rusted]

That leading smoke ring must have reached the northern limb pretty quickly.

865/2 = ~432.4k miles in a little over an hour. Quite some blast!

[Chris-h]

Wow, that is FAST!

[athornett]

Wow! WOW!

Over how long is that animation? Ie is it real time or sped up?

Andy 

[Ibbo!]

Well caught.

[Sunshine]

Amazing catch! a gargantuan puff of smoke.

[Chris-h]

Thanks guys.

Sped up yes. One frame every minute (65 frames in total), played back at 10 fps.

[Luke]

Wow, that is impressive! Well done!

[NiCo10]

Superb, excellent work!

[Chris-h]

Cheers guys