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CapturingTheNight In reply to Natiaaa [2012-06-07 23:24:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much No all the photos are this size. What I mean by 60 images in the description is that they are all virtually identical taken one after the other. When you stack these images together in an astronomy image editing program you are able to pull more detail of of the images as it improves the signal to noise ratio.

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Natiaaa In reply to CapturingTheNight [2012-06-08 09:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh, now I understand

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Meema [2011-11-24 06:18:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the great feedback

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CapturingTheNight In reply to BowEchoMedia [2011-11-14 19:05:40 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it Diana Thanks

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CapturingTheNight In reply to athoa-adelfi [2011-11-14 19:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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CapturingTheNight In reply to shayhurs [2011-11-14 06:43:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Corvidae65 [2011-11-14 06:43:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much John

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Joe-Lynn-Design [2011-11-14 06:43:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again mate If I remember right I think they were talking about the large sunspot group that was pointing straight at us. The active regions around sunspots are generally where most of the ejections/eruptions come from, so there was a chance that we could get an eruption coming stright at us. The auroras would have been awesome if that had happened.

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Joe-Lynn-Design In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-11-14 10:02:03 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome
Yes, could have been cool

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Syndyne [2011-11-14 06:40:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the great feedback Shaun It's the biggest one I have clapped eyes on yet. It's actually still there today.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to nutmeg-42 [2011-11-14 06:39:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks 'Tis a big one. If it was pointing straight at us instead of off to the side and there was a eruption or coronal mass ejection then we would get increased aurora activity. A really big ejection straight at us could knock out satellites and power supplies. Thankfully they are really rare and we have a magnetic field that deflects most of it.

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nutmeg-42 In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-11-14 21:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that was very interesting. Thanks for that.

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irrationalrationale In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-11-14 17:36:30 +0000 UTC]

So because it's to the side it won't increase aurora activity?

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CapturingTheNight In reply to irrationalrationale [2011-11-14 19:04:06 +0000 UTC]

Probably not. As I understand it, these prominences are usually fairly benign. If the surface suddenly erupts and ejects material away from the sun and if it's pointing at the earth at the time, then we can expect increased aurora activity.

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irrationalrationale In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-11-14 19:50:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks. I have big hopes that I will catch it sometime. I am pretty far south, but there is an astronomy field near me which brags the ability to view such things when they are highly active. so i'm constantly trying to figure out when that is haha

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CapturingTheNight In reply to irrationalrationale [2011-11-15 06:17:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm pretty sure there are websites that you can get a text message sent to you if an aurora is predicted for your area. Might be worth looking into.....

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irrationalrationale In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-11-15 19:51:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh that's pretty neat!

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