A section of the solar disc in H-alpha light with a grainy surface and a long dark filament on the left.
The Sun with a dark filament · © Martin Hudec

Sun, Moon & planets

The Sun with a dark filament

A dark thread of gas above the Sun's surface.

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About the object

Dark filaments are clouds of cooler, denser gas held high above the Sun's surface by magnetic fields. Seen side-on at the edge of the disc, they appear as bright prominences.

How the image was made

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