There's a Balrog hanging around on the Sun today!

Howdy all,

I saw the nicest prom in quite a while today, bright even in the PST. It screamed to be imaged.



A little bit of creative use of the burn tool gives it a bit of a Balrog look



Trev

Super picture there Trevor.....sun pics always impress me

Hi Trevor, that's an amazing picture!

A couple of questions as a "Sun newbie", if you don't mind?

1. What equipment are you using
2. What's a balrog? All I can find is LotR references!

Hi Galactus.

It's a Coronado PST - it's basically an all in one starter h-alpha scope. A nice wee scope for the price (most ha scopes are 1200 or above) but it's only 40mm.

By the way there's a new player hitting the market in a couple of months called Lunt Solar. They are releasing a 60mm scope for around the same price.

What's a balrog? All I can find is LotR references

That's the one alright. I stared at it so long that the dark patches in the main prom almost looked like a distorted face, reminded of Tolkien's fire demon, so I darkened those areas a wee bit. I've been staring at the screen too much methinks

I just saw an incredible shot of the same proms by Greg Piepol over on CloudyNights. He's using a 90mm ha setup. Amazing stunning stuff!

www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat...d/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

Trev

Balrog been "Lord of the rings" demon......very good i see what you mean!

Hi Trevor

A Coronado, I suspected as much! I've got a book on these recently and am going to purchase one soon.

I hope you don't mind a follow-up question - what camera do you use?

BTW, that book is "Observing the Sun with Coronado(tm) Telescopes (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy)" which I purchased after reading "The Sun Kings" a book I'd highly recommend