Solar Chromosphere Revealing a Plasma Eruption of Fine Lines and a “Surface Shaped Like Braids of Hair”
Alqueva´s Dark Sky Reserve | By Year: 2025 | Solar Ha | Soleye
After doing the first tests on the photosphere, I’ve prepared Soleye 300 to look into the chromosphere and fortunately I caught this beautiful AR close to the solar limb during a small eruption while it was featuring a great display of fine lines of plasma. Over the disc, which I will call “surface” the image was revealling intricate shapes and depressions resemble braids of hair while small filaments, maybe reminds me the curves of snakes. The image was captured on 15th June 2025, at UT13h37 from Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
PT: Após realizar os primeiros testes na fotosfera, preparei o Soleye 300 para observar a cromosfera e, felizmente, captei esta bela AR perto do limbo solar durante uma pequena erupção, enquanto este apresentava uma bela exibição de finas linhas de plasma. Sobre o disco, a que chamarei “superfície”, a imagem revelava formas e depressões intrincadas que faziam lembrar tranças de cabelo, enquanto pequenos filamentos, me recordam as curvas elegantes das serpentes. A imagem foi captada no dia 15 de junho de 2025, às 13h37 UT, aprtir do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Soleye 300 Dual-band | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter + APM | Player One Apollo 428M Max Pro | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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