prominences and flares are 2 different things, flares can be seen in white light.
Prominences may change appearence over minutes but they can last for
hours.
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Wasn't that the case for the Carrington event in 1859?
Seems like I heard that he (Richard Carrington) saw the flare that produced the solar storm using white light projection.
patrick
On 18 Jun 2012, at 19:52 , Chuck Hards wrote:
BTW, the first solar flares to be observed by humans were seen via projection. No filters of any kind needed.
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