Bryan Savage

this is very satisfying to watch.

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We are pleased to report from the new MAGA Patriotic Bureau of Labor Statistics that thanks to Leader Trump employment is up 10 million jobs for the month of August.”

digital eclipse photos

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Hydrogen alpha scan from June 27, 2025. I was able to acquire 1 scan before a spec of dust worked its way onto the SHG slit. Still the scan is good enough to show the prominences on the western limb. #solorphotography #astrophotography #spectrohelioscope #astronomy #solex #MLAstro #solarastronomy

Doppler images: Blue light is moving toward you (light is compressed toward the blue end of the spectrum). Red light is light moving away from you (light is stretched toward the red end of the spectrum). The sun rotates from left to right (east to west) in the scans.

The bright, white areas around the sunspots are plages. They exist in the chromosphere above the surface of the sun (photosphere). They are caused by very strong magnetic fields which lower the surrounding gas pressure and allow you to see deeper, hotter areas of the sun.

The dark spots on the sun are sun spots. They appear dark because they are cooler than surrounding areas. They are cooler because of intense magnetic fields which suppress the convective movement of plasma to the surface of the sun and thereby reduce the movement of heat to the surface.

The dark structures that seem to stand on the limb of the sun are prominences. They are plasma shaped by magnetic fields around them. When viewed against the body of the sun, they are called filaments. These structures are highlighted in the inverse photo.

Context: These scans were taken in hydrogen alpha light at the red end of the visible spectrum. When a hydrogen electron moves from the third highest energy level to the second highest, it loses energy and by emitting photo at the 656.28 nm wavelength.

Hydrogen alpha solar scans from June 26, 2025. Taken in Champaign, Il. Doppler scan also included. See comments below for info about the solar structures visible in the photos.
#solorphotography #astrophotography #spectrohelioscope #astronomy #solex #MLAstro #solarastronomy

Thanks Paul!

Doppler images: Blue light is moving toward you (light is compressed toward the blue end of the spectrum). Red light is light moving away from you (light is stretched toward the red end of the spectrum). The sun rotates from left to right (east to west) in the scans.

4. The bright, white areas around the sunspots are plages. They exist in the chromosphere above the surface of the sun (photosphere). They are caused by very strong magnetic fields which lower the surrounding gas pressure and allow you to see deeper, hotter areas of the sun.

3. The dark spots on the sun are sun spots. They appear dark because they are cooler than surrounding areas. They are cooler because of intense magnetic fields which suppress the convective movement of plasma to the surface of the sun and thereby reduce the movement of heat to the surface.

2. When a prominence is viewed against the surface of the sun, it is called a filament and appears as a dark ribbon-like structure. The inverse photo is especially good at highlighting these structures, which appear white.

1. The dark structures that seem to stand on the limb of the sun are prominences. They are plasma shaped by magnetic fields around them.

Context: The sun is a giant ball of magnetic plasma, and can be viewed in different wavelengths of light. These scans were taken in hydrogen alpha light (656.28 nm). Hydrogen alpha is the light emitted by an electron as it moves from the third highest energy level to the second highest.

Scans of the sun on May 8, 2025 from Champaign, IL. See comments below for a description of what you can see in these photos. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph #Spectrohelioscope #Sol'Ex

From Champaign, IL, the May 6, 2025 digital eclipse of the sun: monochrome, colorized and doppler. Images taken with the MLAstro SHG 700 (spectroheliograph) and Takahashi FC-76 DS. Processed with JSol'Ex and ImPPG software. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph #Sol'Ex

There were many prominences and filaments on the sun today, May 6, 2025. The inverse photos show them very well. Taken with the MLAstro SHG 700 (spectroheliograph) and processed with JSol'Ex and ImPPG software. From Champaign, IL. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph

The Sun in hydrogen alpha light, May 2, 2025, from Champaign, IL. Photo produced from a scan with the MLAstro Spectroheliograph, with JSol'Ex software. Last photo is a dopplergram. Scope: Takahashi FC76. Mount: ZWO AM5. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph #Sol'Ex

The April 24th Sun in hydrogen alpha, from Champaign, IL. Photos from single scan with the MLAstro Spectroheliograph. Last two images are doppler scans. Scope: Borg 89ED. Software: JSolex and Affinity Photo. Camera: ToupTek 678. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph

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The April 23rd Sun in hydrogen alpha light, from Champaign, IL. Photos from single scan with the MLAstro Spectroheliograph. Scope: Borg 89ED. Software: JSolex and Affinity Photo. Camera: ToupTek 678. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Solarphotography #Spectroheliograph

Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward.

This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.

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I’ve been signing off my Substack with this Shelley quote, and it manifested today! 💪🏽🇺🇸

Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number—
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you—
Ye are many—they are few.’

The Masque of Anarchy stanza XXXVIII

Business will be booming for gastrointestinal doctors in Arkansas.

Tesla Likely Finished In Germany As 94% Surveyed Say They’d Never Buy Musk’s EVs In a new T-Online poll in Germany, 94% of respondents said they would not buy a Tesla car in response to Musk's actions.

"A new survey of over 100,000 German respondents by T-Online about Tesla shows that a staggering 94% of its citizens say they would never purchase a Tesla car."