Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 - Prominences (JDJ)

Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 - Prominences

Image of the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 featuring the prominences and lower corona visible during totality.

See https://astrob.in/wz0sot/F/ for my eclipse story... One of the many amazing sights during totality were the bright magenta/pink prominences seen ringing the eclipsed sun. The flame-shaped prominence was particularly bright to the eye and in going back through my images I was excited to find I had captured it in a fair amount of detail. This prominence happened to be located very near the C3 contact point, so our best view was right before the time of C3 contact when we had the most complete view of the chromosphere on this side of the Sun.

Imaged with a Astro-Tech AT60ED, 1.6x Antares Barlow, UVIR Cut Filter 2", and Nikon D5300 (astro modified). Imaging train was configured to give ~F/11 (FL=650mm). Single exposure of 1/400 second at ISO-1600.

Processed in Pixinsight from RAW files: debayering, noiseXterminator, color calibration, automatic background extraction, blurXterminator, and generalized hyperbolic stretch.

Original: Close-up crop on the prominences from near the end of totality

Rev B: Crop on the prominences from near the end of totality

Rev C: Full disk image from near the end of totality

Rev D-F: Animated GIFs generated from 4 images taken over the period of totality with the last frame immediately before the C3 contact

B

Description: Crop on the prominences from near the end of totality

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C

Description: Full disk image from near the end of totality

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D

Description: Animated GIF generated from 4 images taken over the period of totality with the last frame immediately before the C3 contact. This version generated from close-cropped versions of the images.

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E

Description: Another animated GIF using the same images as the previous version but with a wider crop

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F

Description: Another animated GIF using the same images as the previous version but with a crop to show the full solar disk

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