Sunday 4th July

Another day of intermittent cloud, however in the briefest of gaps I managed to get a full disk image.



The whirlpool spot is still there, as is the quiescent filament in the northern polar region. Not many proms of note today, however there were 2 bright areas of plage on the eastern limb either side of the equator. Plenty of small filaments aswell - the one to the east of the spot has the appearance of the silhouette of a seagull in flight.

Taken with DS40 f16 PL130M

Saturday 3rd July

A day of intermittent cloud finally allowed me to image in the afternoon. Seeing and transparency were remarkably good and allowed for a nice contrasty disk to be recorded. There are a couple of proms visible on the NE and NW limb along with a large quiescent filament across the northern meridian. The large spot is roughly 2 earth diameters in size, and shows an unusual 'whirpool' pattern of field lines spiralling around it. Reminds me of a hurricane storm sytstem.

Taken with the DS40 @ f16 PL130M

Sometimes black and white images look better, sometimes colour, today was one of those days when it is all down to personal preference. Here is the colour version so you can decide which one you like best!