Sunday 28 July 2013

Departing Active Regions and Detached Prominences - 26th July

ar11800 Ha detached prom by Mark Townley
ar11800 Ha detached prom, a photo by Mark Townley on Flickr.

A plethora of departing active regions including AR11800 shows some minor B-class flaring and a host of filaments twisted by the solar magnetic field lines. Meanwhile over the limb a huge detached prominence hovers majestically. Taken with the 70mm PST mod with 1.6x barlow and DMK31.