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Saturday May 24, 2008
The
Horse and the Hare
Faint prominences accompany an active region in this Calcium K
image. These proms were nonexistent in hydrogen alpha but showed
up wonderfully in the calcium scope.
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Thursday May 22, 2008
Huge
Prominence
A colossal prominence spanning
several Earth diameters appears on the solar limb. This prom was
very faint and difficult to image. The brightness and contrast
of the image had to be increased quite a bit to make the
capture.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008
Proto-Sunspot
A new sunspot rotates into view!
This area was the cause of the recent eruptive prominence and
will hopefully develope into a full sunspot soon.
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Wednesday May 07, 2008
International
Solar Astronomy Day
The 1st
International Astronomy Day event is here! A worldwide
collaboration of solar imagers team up to image a single solar
object: a massive solar prominence. Here's my contribution.
Three cheers for the UK group of Nick, Pete ands Les for getting
things going!
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Tuesday May 06, 2008
Beautiful
Prominence
Sometimes even a single prominence
can be as beautiful as the entire solar disk. This one stretches
several Earth diameters and is full of detail. What do your eyes
see?
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Sunday May 04, 2008
SUNSPOT
993 ARRIVES
Sunspot 993 (lower left) arrives on
the solar disk and is accompanied by several beautiful
prominences. Due to it's magnetic polarity, spot 993 is a member
of the new solar cycle 24.
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Thursday May 1, 2008
ENGINEERS SEE THE SUN
My hat's off to the Australian magazine
"Engineering World" for using one my images in their Snippets
section. It's the April/May 2008 issue. The shot was originally
noticed as the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for January
6.
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