FEB 7TH - BIG PROM LOOKS MORE UNSTABLE, OBSERVE IF YOU CAN.

[paulastro]

[paulastro]

10.50am,  base of prom increasingly looking less secure, looks like 'tree roots' attaching it to the disc.

[paulastro]

11.20 more gaps in the base, as if it's being slowly pulled out by the roots.

[paulastro]

11.52 Ejected material arching back down to the surface in the last couple of minutes.

[Highburymark]

Trying to imagine what this prom would like from above if it were a filament. On balance think we are getting the best view as a prom. 100,000km tall. 

[Stu]

Thanks Paul!

Grrrrr cloudy!

PST Mod fixed enough to try it, hopefully will get some gaps.

[paulastro]

2 minutes ago, Stu said:

Thanks Paul!

Grrrrr cloudy!

PST Mod fixed enough to try it, hopefully will get some gaps.

Hope  you get some clear skies Stu, and the PST works OK.  Don't  take any notice of the forecast - forecast cloud all day here, but its been mostly clear since 9.30 and still is!

[Stu]

9 minutes ago, paulastro said:

Hope  you get some clear skies Stu, and the PST works OK.  Don't  take any notice of the forecast - forecast cloud all day here, but its been mostly clear since 9.30 and still is!

Thanks Paul. I’m stuck under this at the moment… think you might have showers coming your way.

[MalcolmM]

Thanks for the heads up on this. Just managed a quick look between showers in a Lunt 50 with 7.5mm Tak LE. Here's my quick sketch  Interesting to see it changing shape over the observations.

 

[Stu]

1 hour ago, MalcolmM said:

Thanks for the heads up on this. Just managed a quick look between showers in a Lunt 50 with 7.5mm Tak LE. Here's my quick sketch  Interesting to see it changing shape over the observations.

 

Great sketch, weird seeing it upside down from my PST view 😄.

[Stu]

Wow is all I can say.

Biggest result is that my PST Mod has clearly survived its accident over the weekend and is performing just as well as before 👍👍.

Conditions aren’t great, patchy cloud blowing through and seeing quite wobbly, but in the good spells it is amazing!

I tried the Leica Zoom to start, just to check things out, but then went for the Binoviewers with 40mm plossls which, with the x2 barlow gives at least x50 but probably a whole lot more due to the path length of the binoviewers.

I took a few images hand held, not very good but give some flavour of the image scale. Detail was much better visually. I tried a cack handed attempted at processing but I’m sure I can do better. Reducing the background brightness has killed some of the detail in the prominence trail.

Really amazing structure, seeing that arcing tail off the main prom.

 

[Ibbo!]

That prom is still taunting me on Gong network.

 

No chance from here .

[paulastro]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

Thanks Paul. I’m stuck under this at the moment… think you might have showers coming your way.

You were correct Stu, almost as soon as I had made my last post, it clouded over.  Now wall to wall cloud and drizzle.

A few minutes ago I managed what will probably be my last observation today, through murk before it deteriorated completely.

The shape of the prom has changed since  my last obs, to me it now looks like a coal brazier on the limb of the sun 🙂.

I wonder if it will still be there tomorrow?

 

 

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Wow is all I can say.

Biggest result is that my PST Mod has clearly survived it’s accident over the weekend and is performing just as well as before 👍👍.

Conditions aren’t great, patchy cloud blowing through and seeing quite wobbly, but in the good spells it is amazing!

I tried the Leica Zoom to start, just to check things out, but then went for the Binoviewers with 40mm plossls which, with the x2 barlow gives at least x50 but probably a whole lot more due to the path length of the binoviewers.

I took a few images hand held, not very good but give some flavour of the image scale. Detail was much better visually. I tried a back handed attempted at processing but I’m sure I can do better. Reducing the background brightness has killed some of the detail in the prominence trail.

Really amazing structure, seeing that arcing tail off the main prom.

 

Only just seen this Stu, fabulous pics, I'm so pleased your PST survived your mishap to deliver such great images. 👍🥳💥

 

[Highburymark]

Excellent news Stu - glad to hear the etalon’s ok, and what a view to prove it’s working properly!

[Highburymark]

16 minutes ago, paulastro said:

You were correct Stu, almost as soon as I had made my last post, it clouded over.  Now wall to wall cloud and drizzle.

A few minutes ago I managed what will probably be my last observation today, through murk before it deteriorated completely.

The shape of the prom has changed since  my last obs, to me it now looks like a coal brazier on the limb of the sun 🙂.

I wonder if it will still be there tomorrow?

 

 

My guess is that the main body will still be there tomorrow, but the plasma trail will be thinned out significantly. But who knows? Weather not looking great though.

[Mark at Beaufort]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Wow is all I can say.

Biggest result is that my PST Mod has clearly survived it’s accident over the weekend and is performing just as well as before 👍👍.

Conditions aren’t great, patchy cloud blowing through and seeing quite wobbly, but in the good spells it is amazing!

I tried the Leica Zoom to start, just to check things out, but then went for the Binoviewers with 40mm plossls which, with the x2 barlow gives at least x50 but probably a whole lot more due to the path length of the binoviewers.

I took a few images hand held, not very good but give some flavour of the image scale. Detail was much better visually. I tried a back handed attempted at processing but I’m sure I can do better. Reducing the background brightness has killed some of the detail in the prominence trail.

Really amazing structure, seeing that arcing tail off the main prom.

 

Brilliant photos Stu. I am so glad that the scope survived and is good as ever.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Just had a chance to observe the Prom with my standard PST without DS. As everyone has stated it's really impressive.

[Alan White]

I managed to grab a look with sneaking my Ha scope out to work earlier today, shhh don't tell the boss.
That prom is quite something, wow, just wow.
Problem is, the Ha scope is a loaner and making me want one of my own now.

 

[MalcolmM]

Those are great photos @Stu. I tried with the Smartphone holder you pointed me towards but by the time I had it all centered and ready to shoot the clouds had appeared and the next shower was starting!

[Stu]

19 minutes ago, MalcolmM said:

Those are great photos @Stu. I tried with the Smartphone holder you pointed me towards but by the time I had it all centered and ready to shoot the clouds had appeared and the next shower was starting!

Sorry to hear that Malc. I must admit that I’m an observer first and smartphone imager second, so I often find myself just handholding the phone over the eyepiece, especially when conditions are a bit flakey. I used my similar mount the other day and it did work well, it clamps and centres the eyepiece easily but I guess it’s the aligning of the phone in the mount which is the challenge? Most of them have the same problem, but the Celestron NeXYZ is easier in this respect. That said, I don’t like it as much because of the weight and the fact it does droop a bit with respect to the eyepiece making uniform focus difficult.

Stick with it and hopefully you will get there with it 👍

[Ibbo!]

About 20 mins after I posted "no chance"

 

 

 

and cropped

 

[MalcolmM]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

Stick with it and hopefully you will get there with it 👍

I fear I may have misaligned the smartphone adapter

The problem today was trying to persuade my phone to use the correct exposure settings to bring out the prom! That coupled with dashing indoors trying to find the adaptor and the pressure of the approaching rain clouds

Malcolm

[MalcolmM]

Great video clip @Ibbo!

[Highburymark]

Despite all the incredible solar pics posted by imagers these days, there’s something about Stu’s quick grabs and Ibbo’s short video in this thread that really captures the excitement of observing solar features like the current prom live. Thanks both for posting.