Observation by Philip Masding: Solar prominence

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Philip Masding

Observer

Philip Masding

Observed

2020 Jun 01 - 07:00

Uploaded

2020 Jun 03 - 17:30

Objects

The Sun

Equipment

Coranado PST
ZWO ASI 290MM
Orion Barlow lens

Location

Manchester

Target name

Sun

Title

Solar prominence

About this image

Prior to lockdown and the recent incredible weather, the PST had been sitting in a corner largely ignored! However recently I've been looking out for opportunities to image prominences and this is the biggest one I've seen. To get the PST to focus on a typical camera you need a Barlow lens. The Orion Barlow lens unscrews from its body and can then screw into the camera nose piece like a filter.

This is a montage of 2 images. The first is exposed to bring out the prominence which saturates the disk and the second exposed for the disk. I then pasted them as separate layers in Paint Shop Pro and then used difference mode to combine them. The result is a negative image of the disk but I think it looks good!

Files associated with this observation

Sun 20200601.png (684.3 kB)

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