This afternoon, I saw a huge prominence lift-off on the sout western limb. I was lucky enough not only to view it but also to sketch it. It all happened so fast, I was amazed by the whole phenomenon!
When: Saturday 19 March 2011
Object name: Prominence SW of the sun’s limb
Location: Arnhem/Holland
Optics: Lunt 60 PT single stack
Eyepiece: 10 mm Pentax XW barlowed with Baader Abbe Zeis 2x
Media: Pastel red Conté a Paris no 3 on Black paper
Seeing : Great
Sketch by: Joost Becker
Joost,
an absolutely beautiful representation of a Solar eruption.
Stefano
Joost,
That is certainly a huge prom. I did see photos of it and your sketch is a beautiful match.
Frank 🙂