Wednesday, August 19, 2009

SpaceWeather.com | Complex prominence was evolving on the NW limb - August 19, 2009

Les Cowley

Image taken: August 19, 2009

Location: UK

Details:
The sun lives! More out of hope than expectation I took an H-alpha look at the sun with my Solarmax60 this afternoon, usually a time of poor seeing. Remarkably the image was steady and this complex prominence was evolving on the NW limb. Eyepiece sketch at 50X.