On Monday I pointed a telescope at the sun for 3 hours to see how much things moved during that time. This is what 3 hours of movement on a solar prominence looks like.
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On Monday I pointed a telescope at the sun for 3 hours to see how much things moved during that time. This is what 3 hours of movement on a solar prominence looks like.
hmcsantos 235 Views 4 Votes 48 Comments
First of all, never point a telescope at the sun. Mine was specially built for this. If you try it, you’ll go blind. Seriously, don’t.
Over the weekend I built a new solar telescope (this takes special gear, again, don’t try it unless you know what you’re doing) to enable me to get ultra-clear details of the solar surface. This is a time lapse created by shooting in one spot, it’s actually the prominence at the bottom from [this 230 megapixel image I shared recently](https://twitter.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1379461549119574016?s=20).
To see more of my solar work, as well as various other astrophotography projects, [come join me on instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cosmic_background/)
That’s insane! What’s the size comparison to Earth? And are particles really moving at speeds measurable in “Earth’s per hour”?
Great job!
It’s amazing what hobbyists can do these days, it’s gorgeous work.
That’s hot.
This is stellar
We live in a chaotic time, but being able to see things like this really make it worth it.
I once stared at the sun for over an hour.. my favorite planet is the sun because it’s like the king of planets.
Go to a lake of fire and fry…
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen today so thank you!
Beware! OP is trying to trick you. If you look directly at a video of the sun, you will go blind!
So that’s how they did the opening for dragon ball
This is so beautiful. Thank you for this. Tho, sometimes it seems to go backwards. Did you make de gif backwards or is just how it goes?
Uuuhhhhh….that was only 40 seconds.
this may be a dumb question: how did it stayed still? the telescope goes moving pointing where you chose for the 3 hours?
The amount of energy that damn glowing orb has will never cease to amaze me .
Looks like a tornado at the very bottom, the way it bounces and separates and reforms into a tube. A Fusion-fire tornado probably big enough to swallow several earths.
It’s kinda shaped like a hummingbird
how many earths could you fit in that prominence alone?
We’re all just a bunch of cells aren’t we
That place looks really hot, where is this?
that shit is the size of our planet 🙀
That solar flare is as big as the Earth.
Sucks that you felt the need to reverse this clip half way through.
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Looks hot.
How can i dawnload this?
Looks like a penguin at one point lol
Looking forward to doing this with my God Daughter, with her 8SE, and solar filter. It’s going to be epic, I got her a DSLR camera for Christmas already so once we get her used to the telescope I will point her to reddit to post her favourite pics.
The birth of a Phoenix
3 hours? Mine was only 40 seconds.
This is totally awesome to see
very cool thanks for sharing
Wow it’s a ball of fire!
Imagine the size of that.
Where my flat earthers at?
I’m staring at the sun, at shadows on the ripples on the surface of the sun, in a gif of a video you took, that I’m watching on my space age communication device and will be one of a thousand other people writing but you could very well even read it and write back. Bonkers.
Ah yes the exploding penguin
Fantastic capture! Keep them coming. It’s fascinating. I have a spotting scope with a solar filter, so the best I get is a huge orange ball with nowhere near the detail. I can see sunspots and that’s it.
That is so fing cool.
Thanks for sharing…Wow 🔥
Is this a solar flare?
This makes me uncomfortable
What is crazy to me that this is literally at least 3 times the size of earth. Amazing.
That’s hot.
Those gasplosions are ginormous. Their height is equivalent to three times the earths diameter.
I AM FIRE MADE FLESH! POWER INCARNATE! I AM 🔥THE DARK PHOENIX!!!🔥
No way I’m watching a full 3 hours of this.
My eyes start burning just looking at this video