Tuesday 28 May 2013

Micro Flare Animation - 26th May



After the burst of X and M class flares over the past couple of weeks the sun has been relatively quiet lately in comparison.  However just as I was considering packing up I took a final look and noticed a small micro-flare going off near the suns western limb.  Barely B-class in magnitude this was still the largest explosion then happening in a 4 light year radius.  The seeing and transparency were variable due to the heat of the day and passing clouds, but this animation, shot over a 12 minute period with the 100mm PST mod at 1600mm focal length with a DMK31 camera shows just how dynamic our star is!