Post by brianb on Jul 31, 2012 18:35:40 GMT
It's been a rotten month weatherwise but heavy showers in the morning of Monday July 30th cleared to give a mostly sunny afternoon with clear transparent skies and a gentle northerly breeze just sufficient to stop the turbulence getting too bad.
The Sun's activity is quite high with several moderate sized but quite active regions.
Active areas 11530 (centre), 11529 (top right) and 11533 (bottom right) with a huge filament associated with 11530.
Active area 11532, complex and crackilng with activity.
Bright active prominence on the east limb.
Images made with William Optics FLT 110 f/7 triplet refractor (now sporting Feather Touch rack & pinion focuser - nice!), Solarscope SF-100 hydrogen alpha filter set, 2.5x Powermate and Imaging Source cameras.
Sadly the clear spell did not persist into the night. I'm still looking for my first morning observing session since late May - Jupiter needs to be imaged!
The Sun's activity is quite high with several moderate sized but quite active regions.
Active areas 11530 (centre), 11529 (top right) and 11533 (bottom right) with a huge filament associated with 11530.
Active area 11532, complex and crackilng with activity.
Bright active prominence on the east limb.
Images made with William Optics FLT 110 f/7 triplet refractor (now sporting Feather Touch rack & pinion focuser - nice!), Solarscope SF-100 hydrogen alpha filter set, 2.5x Powermate and Imaging Source cameras.
Sadly the clear spell did not persist into the night. I'm still looking for my first morning observing session since late May - Jupiter needs to be imaged!
