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The Sun in Ha @ 2015-04-03 - A Huge Solar Prominence Almost Detaching

The Sun in Ha  @ 2015-04-03 - A Huge Solar Prominence Almost Detaching , 



    
        

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The Sun in Ha @ 2015-04-03 - A Huge Solar Prominence Almost Detaching

Acquisition details

Date: April 3, 2015

Time: 14:44

Frames: 50

FPS: 17

Focal length: 3556

Seeing: 2

Transparency: 5

Resolution: 1786x1560

File size: 647.4 KB

Locations: Lily's Flower Observatory, Santa Rita do Sapucai, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Description

This huge prominence placed a beautiful show on the Solar's limb. Please not that at the left side of the main prominence there is another one with a helix shape, resembling a tornado.

Regarding solar activities, it can not be assured if prominence will actually detach causing a big mass ejection or if it will return to the solar chromosphere.

ROI: 50%

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The Sun in Ha  @ 2015-04-03 - A Huge Solar Prominence Almost Detaching , 



    
        

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