AR1158 developed quickly into a cluster of sunspots, and I had a chance to make this time lapse movie from 1706-1736 UT on 13 Feb 2011. I used a Takahshi TSA 102, a doublestacked 75mm Lunt Hydrogen alpha filter. The imager was the new DMK 31AU03offers wide views, but very large files. Movie files are [...]
Archive for February 2011
M Class Flare in AR1158
February 13, 2011The Hydrogen Alpha Sun in Hi Def
February 10, 2011The DMK 32AU03 CCD imager provides some awesome wide views of the sun. I have been practicing with the new imager and tried making a few movies. Man, it creates some large files. Its difficult to share the hi def animations. But the dedicated solaholic will love the wide, detail rich views. The giff files [...]
Activated Solar Prominence Movie
February 4, 2011This movie shows an activated prominence. Some quiescent prominences can exhibit a sudden increase in the movement and speed of its plasma, with speeds of 100 Km per second. It often signals an eruption, or disparition brusque. Approximately 1 hour after this movie ended, the prom shown in this flick blasted off the solar limb. [...]
