Observation by John Arnold: Changes over 9 minutes in a minor solar ...

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John Arnold

Observer

John Arnold

Observed

2024 May 25 - 08:19

Uploaded

2024 May 27 - 10:37

Objects

The Sun

Equipment

Skywatcher 102 f/5 refractor, Daystar Quark chromosphere unit, 0.5x focal reducer, ASI178MM camera

Exposure

exp. time 0.082 msec, both images are stacks of best 250 from 10,000-frame video

Location

Suburban North Leeds

Target name

Small filament near AR3686

Title

Changes over 9 minutes in a minor solar filament near AR3686

About this image

Animation using two images taken 9 minutes apart, showing changes in a small filament. I only noticed this when processing the images later.

Files associated with this observation

0819-0828 250524 AR3685 3686 crop 1.gif (2.5 MB)

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Callum Potter, Gerard Cauchi

Comments

John Arnold, 2024 May 27 - 14:33 UTC

In an image taken 36 minutes later, the little twisting prominence had disappeared.

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