• A comparison of images of the sun using different telescopes. The left image shows better examples of prominences, or plasma rising from the Sun's core gases, whereas the right image better highlights filaments of steam rising from the core gases and bright plages on the Sun.
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    These images of the Sun's Chromosphere were both taken on the afternoon of March 29, 2011, using two different hydrogen-alpha telescopes. 

    The image on the left was taken with a 100mm hydrogen-alpha telescope, while the image on the right was taken with a 60mm hydrogen-alpha telescope equipped with a double-stacked filter increasing the contrast of the surface features. The normal hydrogen-alpha telescope shows details of prominences and Sunspots much clearer, while the double-stacked filter allows for more contrast between the filaments and bright plages on the Sun's disk. 

    Photo on the left by Katie Moore, photo on the right by Erin Braswell 

  • A comparison of images of the sun using different telescopes. The left image shows better examples of prominences, or plasma rising from the Sun's core gases, whereas the right image better highlights filaments of steam rising from the core gases and bright plages on the Sun.

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March 29, 2011

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Katie Moore

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WEB11828-2011

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