The Dutch Observatory

Clear Skies with seeing at 7/10.  Solar activity is Medium with 1 M-Class and 6 C-Class flares in the last two days.  Today 4 Active Regions with a total region area of 250 millionth and the decaying region AR2497 still at 180 millionth, and a Eac on the McIntosh scale.  Total spot count today is 28.  It is interesting to note that we are back in M-Class territory even if it is low.   When I started imaging in CaK I noticed a flare in AR2497 which turned out to be a C 6.8 at its peak.  When I got to the Ha images the flare was still there but not as intense as it was a few minutes before.

Clear stable skies this morning.  Seeing at 8/10. Solar activity is Medium today with 4 C-Class flares in the last two days.  AR2497 continues to be the dominant region and has grown to 240 millionths, and now is an Eac on the McIntosh scale.  Total Active Regions Area today is at 350 millionths with  5 regions and a spot count of 34.

Broken skies when I started imaging with the windshield temp at 18F.  Seeing 7/10.  Solar activity is low with 4 C-Class flares in the last two days.  5 Active Regions with a total Active Region area of  350 millionths of which AR2497 covered 180 millionths.  Total Sunspot count for today is 19.  Today three full disk images in Ha, CaK, and WL 540nm,  as well as a close up of AR2497 in Ha and CaK, where the CaK image was impacted by a streak of clouds.

The skies cleared up during the night.  Seeing was pretty good at 8/10.  Four Active Regions today with a total spot area of 390 millionths and a spot count of 31.  AR2494 stays the dominant area with 270 millionths. Flare activity Medium with 8 C-class flares in the last two days, four of which occurred in AR2494.  Three full disk images today and close ups of some regions as identified on the images, as well as a prominence at the Western limb.

A break in between cloudy skies, long enough for a complete set of images.  Seeing was 7/10.   The Sun’s activity is Medium today with 20 C-class flares in the last two days.  AR2494 is now the dominant region being a Dai on the McIntosh scale. Its size measures 230 millionths of the total sunspot regions at 400 millionths.  Total sunspot count today for the 6 regions today is 40.  Images today include full disk in all 3 wavelength as well as close ups of AR2494 and other spots/regions.

Another clear day with clear skies, and seeing at 8/10 on 2016-01-30.  Solar activity has dropped a little since yesterday and is now at Low with 3 C-Class flares in the last two days.  Total active region area is today at 460 millionths, and AR2489 is still at 300.  The total sunspot count is today at 19. Seeing was so good now and then that I also took the C11 out for a white light image.  Today images in all wavelengths I have equipment for.

Seeing was variable today 2016-01-29, and around 6/10.  Solar activity has picked up and is now medium and registered 7 C-Class flares in the last two days, all in AR2488.  This region scores a Dai on the McIntosh scale.  Total Solar Region area has increased to 540 millionths of which AR2489 accounts for 300.  Total sunspot count increased to 34.  Today only full disk images in CaK and 540nmWL since I missed to lock the camera for the Ha session.   Close ups of all wavelengths.

Clear skies following the massive East coast storm.  Seeing was also very good at 9/10.  Solar activity is low today with two C-class flares in the last two days.  Three active regions today with the Dai region, AR2488, being 120 millionths.  Total region area is at 170 millionths and the total spot count at 24.  Today full disk images as well as close ups of the three regions.

Sunny skies again with a bit better seeing as yesterday.  Flare activity stays at very low with no flares in the last two days.  Both regions AR2480 and AR2486 are now Hsx on the McIntosh scale.  Total Active Region area for the four regions today totals at 280 millionths with a sunspot count of 8.  Three full disk images today with close ups of AR2486.

Temps in the mid 30s this morning while I was setting up, wind gusts, and the seeing barely at 4/10 when I started imaging.  The Sun continues its activity level of very low with no flares in the last two days.  The new active region which showed up yesterday is named as AR2486.  Total active region area has increased to 260 millionth and AR2480 has even increased to 260millionth and still is an Hsx. Sunspot count is still at 8. Today only three full disk images and a close up of the eastern quadrant with a prominence at the eastern limb.