North side astronomer captures solar flare
Mike Borman lives on Evansville's north side, but he trains his special camera on events 93 million miles away. On Saturday, March 10, while most Tri-Staters were enjoying a sunny afternoon, Mike had his camera trained on the sun. A giant solar flare was in progress and Mike captured some stunning pictures.
"I just so happened to be taking images of the Sun on Saturday when the flare occurred and I got some images of it." Borman said.
Attached are two images of sunspot 1429 taken through a hydrogen-alpha solar filter attached to my 4" refractor telescope."
















