Monday 1 April 2013

A Quick Disk From The End of March - 31st march

Well nearly a full disk!  Taken with the PST and DMK31 from the 31st march.  New monster spot AR11711 is just starting to round the solar limb, just over a week a go it was hurling coronal mass ejections out at Venus, however now it seems alot quieter, with high resolution images showing the spot is sporting a light bridge, a sign that it is slowly dying down in activity. NOAA forecasters estimate a slim 10% chance of M-class flares from this active region in the next 24 hours.