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Sun Prominence

Notes: The Sun (G2V)
Apx. 864,938 miles. at apx. 93 million miles or 8.19 Light Minutes.
08-22-2015 Descanso, CA
Best 20% of 1000 frames for proms and 500 for the surface.
Lunt LS60THa pressure tuned 60mm f/8.3 500mm / Hinode Solar Guider.
Celestron AVX Equatorial mount.
Point Gray Chameleon 2
0.7 Angstrom, B1200
FireCapture, AutoStakkert 2, RegiStax 6, Photoshop CS5. Topas labs.
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Scaling the sun at 1/1000 shows this view of the prominence to have a length of about 217,000 miles and a height of about 42,250 miles.
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