Thursday, August 4, 2011

Prominences

Gas Clouds On The Solar Rim

Here are two final images from my August 1 observing session. It took extra time to process these since there is a huge difference in brightness between the solar disk and the glowing gas hanging above the solar rim.


I have blacked out the drastically overexposed solar disk and added red color to approximate the visual appearance of the prominences.
Some solar prominences on August 1. (Click for full detail.)
View of the rim opposite the one shown in the image above. (Click for full detail.)
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  1. EllenAugust 8, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    I love these - they are like abstract art. You could hang them on the wall.

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