I managed to capture the tail end of this c8.4v flare from this active region. It has polarity intermixing and is likely to produce further low level C class flares. A minor M class flare is possible.
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Thursday, 9 August 2012
ar11535 ar11537 9th August
This pair of active regions quietly march towards the suns limb. Dying sunspots...
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
ar11538, ar11540 and the Mega Filament - 8th August
Over the past couple of days a mega filament has been visible on the surface of our star. This cool ribbon of plasma floats above the main hydrogen alpha layer held aloft by magnetic fields. It stretches further than the earth to moon distance. It is also joined by a series of resonably active regions and their accompanying spots.
This image is a 6 pane mosaic taken with the 127mm SS @ 1900mm DMK31. It represents quite an achievement for me as i've been doing considerable work to minimise the sweet spotting associated with the PST etalon. Given that 6 panes are able to be stitched together seamlessly i'm happy this has been achieved.
ar11542 8th August
This new active region seems to be popping and crackling with activity and could put on a decent show for us in the coming days. 127mmSS @ 1900mm DMK31
ar11543 8th August
Taken with the 127mm SS at 1900mm fl, the lightbridge on this new active region could indicate it is diminishing in terms of activity.
Ha Full Disk 8th August
Finally after over a week the clouds finally parted this afternoon and I was able to get an overview of what is a pretty active sun at the moment. Taken with the DS40 @ f20, DMK31.
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