{"id":664,"date":"2017-08-18T16:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=664"},"modified":"2017-08-18T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:36:00","slug":"welcoming-hand-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/welcoming-hand-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"A welcoming hand from the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

The beauty of doing solar observing and imaging is that you never know what the Sun is going to do and what you’re going to see.<\/p>\n

So with a bit of spare time this morning I decide to get out and have a look at our Sun before getting on with the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

Active region 2671 was developing very nicely, so I decided to do that first in white light first.<\/p>\n

Image below taken through a 120mm Evostar refractor.
\nLunt Herschel Wedge, Baader Continuum filter and DMK41 camera.\"\"<\/p>\n

Active region 2671 in Ha Light.\u00a0120mm Evostar refractor.
\nQuark Chromosphere with 1.5 focal reducer and DMK41 camera.
\nThe magnetic fields around the sunspots showing extremely nicely.<\/p>\n

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The star of the morning however was this huge prominence on the limb.
\nSame setup as above.<\/p>\n

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The prominence changed very quickly.
\nJust over an hour later, I thought it looked like a ghostly outstretched hand.<\/p>\n

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Maybe it was a welcoming gesture to the Moon, as it approached for the total solar eclipse across the US on Monday.<\/p>\n

But it didn’t last long. An hour and half later it became unstable and could no longer be supported.
\nIt had started to collapse and faded considerably as shown below.<\/p>\n

That’s what I love about the Sun. So unpredictable.<\/p>\n

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