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Here's another prominence from yesterday. I've added a "pale blue dot" (earth) to scale the size.

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Hi Gordon. A very nice solar prominence image in Ha light. That prominence is shooting out nicely in your capture and you also have very good granularity plus a filament too. Thanks for sharing this with us Gordon and keep up your great solar work.
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Great image!
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That really puts it into perspective!
Very nice image thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful image Gordon!
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very nice take , thx .
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Very nice again Gordon! Amazing how we could be so engulfed with that flare.

The Daystar seems to be a nice piece of equipment. Time to save my pennies ;)
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Very nice capture 👍 Gordon!
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That poor planet. It must be getting warm there.
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Another great shot - thanks for you prominence.
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Another beautiful image Gordon.
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Nice one Gordon.
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Great capture, Gordon! I probably should do more solar observing. Seems we have more clear days than nights!!

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Gordon check this out !😳
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Another great image Gordon, looks a bit like some giant sea monster :)
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