A red flame

Captured a few solar prominence images between clouds this weekend with a hydrogen alpha scope .  I typically process these as black and white for maximum contrast, but red (the actual color) seemed most appropriate today:

Solar Prominence 2/9/2019

Here's a prominence from the next day.  I cranked the exposure to bring out some of the faint detail.  

Solar Prominence 2/10/19

Same prominence with shorter exposures:

Solar Prominence 2/10/19

wider crop for fun:

Image details:

Lunt 60 PT on manual alt-azm mount

ASI 290 MM

Eastbluff, CA 2/9/19  22:03 UT, 2/10/19 19:05 UT

2/9/19

double stacked

20 second video 60 fps

Shutter=2.786ms

best 25%

2/10/19

single stacked

20 second video 48 fps (full frame by mistake)

Shutter=2.379ms to 20.58ms

best 25%