From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 16, 2010 8:18:51 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] a BIG one

Hi Alan;

Very nice images. That must have been a shock to see it on the laptop screen live.

Thanks for sharing..

Milton Aupperle

On 16-Mar-10, at 7:52 PM, Alan Friedman wrote:

Hi all,

I heard stories this morning of a big prominence so stayed home from work to take a look. It was a whopper:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/a_big_one_color031610.html

Image capture, frame selection and stacking with Astro IIDC. Final processing in Astro IIDC and Adobe Photoshop CS3.

A-P 92mm f5 Stowaway refractor with 90mm Coronado Solarmax Ha filter.

The sun seems to be waking up slowly but surely... I hope some of you were able to see it too.

sunny skies,

Alan

Alan Friedman

avertedimagination.com