What’s hovering above the Sun? A solar prominence. A prominence is a crest of hot gas expelled from the Sun’s surface that is held aloft by the Sun’s magnetic field.
For 30 years I’ve received a daily email from the APOD mailing list. Never stop learning.
APOD is fantastic. Thanks for spreading the word about this invaluable resource!
I suspect someone nearby had a party. I think they are 3 mylar-metallic coated balloons tied together…the donut has the most lift remaining dragging the other two along for the ride
I’m getting excited to try a recent firmware update on the Seestar50 that allows for equatorial mode allowing for much better and longer captures with no field rotation and errors from alt-az mode.
Here’s a screenshot of the live image on my phone. The images are auto-stacked astro objects and the raw files are stored as well for offline processing.
Love these celestial images. Keep posting your talents, fellas!
