Giant Solar Prominence with PST and iPhone 6 Plus
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  • Details
    Date Taken: 03/27/2015
    Location: Orion HQ, Watsonville, CA
    Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
    Other Camera: iPhone 6 Plus
    Processing: Photoshop CC
    Exposure: 1x1/60 sec
    Other Equipment Used: Orion SteadyPix Universal Smartphone Telescope Photo Adapter, Orion 5mm Ultrascopic eyepiece 80x
    Notes: A giant prominence probably larger than the Earth's diameter soars from the edge of the Sun in this exposure taken with an iPhone 6 Plus through the eyepiece of a Coronado PST H-alpha solar telescope. The iPhone was held up to the eyepiece with an Orion SteadyPix Universal smartphone telescope adapter