The Dutch Observatory

Skies cleared a bit late.  The Sun remains spotless, but a few nice plages can be observed in CaK.  In addition we see some proms in the NE and the Western limb.  Today full disk images and two close ups of two of the plages.

Clear Skies with average seeing.  A spotless Sun for spotless day 513 since Solar maximum.  The Sun is really quiet with the exception of a few plages visible in CaK.

It was cloudy early on, but cleared later.  Today only full disk images.  I was not able to see AR2747, but three small plages showed up in CaK, one of which was AR2747.  The other two showed yesterday as reverse polarized areas so they have been included in our summary on the ALPO Solar website.  Did not make out any filaments or proms today.

Scattered clouds allowing plenty of time for some images.  The Sun is still spotless.  A small prom is visible at the western limb as well as a small filament in the Ha image.  Today only full disk images.

Cloudy skies, but a sucker hole showed up enough for three images in 4 minutes, in below average seeing conditions.  The Sun’s activity remains Very Low with no spots. A few small filaments are visible.  Only full disk images today.

My session today had to wait until the Sun rose above a stationary airmass including a lot of clouds. The Sun is still spotless, but a few filaments and prominences were observed.  Full disk images today as well as close ups of the center filament and a NW prom.

Average seeing today, but another spotless Sun. A few very small proms are visible at the Eastern limb as well as two filaments in the Eastern hemisphere in Ha.
BTW, I changed the animation I made of Jupiter’s GRS on my blog. I used another way of aligning the 49 images and increased the speed a bit. It now runs pretty smooth. So if you are interested in that go to my blog and look at it again.

Clear Skies, but another spotless day, with a few hours to spare until the end of the Carrington Rotation.  I observed a very small prominence at the NW limb and the filament near the Eastern limb still shows nice. Today only full disk images.

A spotless Sun today with good seeing conditions.  A nice filament is visible near the Eastern limb and the plage which is the remnant of AR2744 is approaching the Western limb.  Two reverse polarized areas are visible in the Northern hemisphere.  The largest one just North of the equator at N4.5 degrees and the smaller one at N22.14 degrees.  I made a composite of these regions which will be posted later on the ALPO Solar section website under Transitions of Solar Cycles.

Clear skies! Another spotless Sun, but today is special. Based on logging the daily reports from SWPC, today accounts for the 500th spotless day since Solar Maximum. A few faint prominences are visible at the Eastern limb as well as some faculae near the limb, as well as the plage near the Western limb.