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Prominence
by ebertzs＠comcast.net 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

Just heard about it this evening. Will try tomorrow with my solar scope. We should make a hotline, lol. Best, Shoshana

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Some H-alpha solar photos from 29 August
by John M. Craig 30 Aug '22

30 Aug '22

Hi Folks, If you didn't get a chance to see the amazing prominence on the 29th, these pictures will at least give you the magnitude of it. These are unprocessed/hold-the-old-camera-to-the-eyepiece style photos, so nothing terribly great. The active region with a multitude of sunspots is probably worth a look in white light too. https://alphagconsulting.com/astroPics/Solar-2022-80-29/ I see on https://gong2.nso.edu/products/tableView/table.php?configFile=configs/hAlph… that there's a whispy prom on the north trailing limb now. I didn't have a chance to set up the solar scope today, so it might have been pretty great earlier. Ciao, John

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Amazing spike of a solar prominence today
by John M. Craig 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

Hi Folks, If you have an H-a scope or etalon/filter attachment, there's an amazing prominence today. If not, you can see part of it here (it's taller than the field of view of these scopes): https://gong2.nso.edu/products/tableView/table.php?configFile=configs/hAlph… John

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Anyone else see the bright light in the west on evening of 2nd?
by John M. Craig 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

Hi Folks, Did anyone else see this? It was very bright at about 8:50 (dusk). A friend called to ask if it was a planet (which was a good question, but I assured him all the bright planets weren't up). It was at least as bright as Venus and it did not appear to move. It was maybe 25 or 30 degrees above the western horizon. By 9:05 or thereabouts it had dimmed to nothing. I'm thinking maybe a first stage of a launch from Vandenberg or something of the like, but I haven't seen any info that suggests that might have happened. Just curious if anyone else saw it--and if anyone knows what it might have been. John

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