An extremely long solar prominence.
Taken by Clayton Hare on May 11, 2024 @
Newfoundland, Canada
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Date Taken: 2024:05:11 19:10:51
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Since it was sunny today (but rather chilly) with very few clouds, I decided to set up my solar telescope to get a few images of the large sunspot 3664 before it disappeared behind the limb of the sun. The one responsible for a number of CME (Coronal Mass Ejections) that have hit the earth's magnetic field in the last few days ... sparking auroras that have been seen very far south.
However, after processing the images I realized that I had been rewarded with a bonus for my efforts of dragging everything outside and setting it up. Down at the bottom of the image ... between the five and six o'clock position ... was the largest prom I have ever seen! By my rough calculation its length must be close to 1/5 of the diameter of the sun!
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