Super Gigantic Solar Prominence shooting off the Sun from 9/26/2009

[NArkWTikA]

very good and magical video and now imagine that all that light sphere is made from iron.. yes iron! u can check also some videos here to see how phasmatoscope analyzes the sun,it is showing it whole green. Green color in stars = much iron in them.

[Basard100]

Hey, how do you put your animations together? I've been stacking each video, then loading each frame into gimp, and aligning them manually and saving as a .gif. I know there's gotta be an easier way, but haven't found it yet.

Yours are all so perfect!

[armicheal]

@Edsan91

They do. But I would worry about my secondary getting heated if you used a full aperture. There is a company called Thousand Oaks that sells H-alpha solar filters for SCT telescopes. Also if you get an adapter you can use the brand I do called Coronado. Coronado is much more expensive but has a better filter. If your on a budget astromart-dot-com is a good place to find used filters.

[Mateyhv1]

Impressive images! Coronado 90 mm is a great scope and the CG5 seems to be dead steady. Thanks for sharing!!!

[armicheal]

@Mateyhv1

Hi, I've done some work to it recently and "super charged" it with teflon bearings and a different synthetic lubrication called "super lube". These two things make it work really well. It still shakes but not near as much as it used to.

[deeprock2009]

Nice shot. What scope are you using?

[armicheal]

I use a Coronado 90mm H-alpha Telescope for the Sun.

[astrofranck]

i like this telescope, and the mounting?

[armicheal]

I used a celestron CG-5 mount.

[astrofranck]

i like this mounting, i have a SkyWatcher NEQ6, but i will buy a new telescope, a SkyWatcher 250 f/4,8. Now I have a Celestron NexStar 4'' SE too.

[crazyjorge2111]

@armicheal nooo way is that really the sun?

[armicheal]

@crazyjorge2111

Yep, its the sun alright. This is a pretty mild prom compared to some of the others I've seen since I've been shooting them. It is several times larger than Earth.

[crazyjorge2111]

@armicheal that's amazing! it looks as if it were shot from space. How do you go about filming this?

[crazyjorge2111]

@armicheal nevermind, I read your profile. Incredible stuff. I might get into this hobby.

[armicheal]

Thank you Sir.

[JokinJoe]

Very nice! I love your work!