Solar Prominence
by Dan Heim


Photographer Comments:

Optics: Takahashi FS-128, eyepiece projection @ 104X, Coronado SM40 H-alpha filter
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, 1/10 s exposure at f/15
November 8th, 2006, Heimhenge, AZ, 1100 MST
This flare was imaged earlier in the day, before the Mercury transit began.

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