The Dutch Observatory

The Sun on 2016-01-11.  After 3 days of clouds, a sunny morning at least. Transparency is good and seeing about 8/10.  The Sun’s activity today is very low with no flares in the last two days.  AR2480 has grown to 190 millionths and is an Eso class area on the McIntosh scale, showing 7 sunspots.  Today three full disk images again with close ups of AR2480, and showing a nice large filament in the NE quadrant.

Transparency and seeing were not good this morning. (2016-01-07) Flare activity on the Sun is low today with three C-class flares in the last two days.  Three reported Active Regions with a total spot area of 160 millionths.  Total sunspots today is 9.  Because of the bas seeing today only full disk images although I captured close ups but they were very disappointing. Despite this, a nice big  prominence was visible at the SW limb.

Started late today, too late….  High Cirrus clouds and a lot of contrails obscured the sky.  Transparency and seeing 2-3/10.  The Sun’s activity is low today with only two C-class flares in the last two days.  Two active regions have a total of 9 Sunspots and the total spot area is a low 100 millionths.  Not much to see in WL continuum and the seeing too bad for Ha and CaK.

Transparency was good 2016-01-04, but the seeing was more like two days before with the Jetstream messing up the view, causing the side of the disk to “roll” pretty bad at times.  Solar activity is Very Low with no flares in the last two days.  Three active regions today with a total sunspot area of 170 millionths, supporting 20 sunspots total.  Today three full disk images and two close ups. (Messed up the WL close-up.)  :-(

The weather has been terrible between Christmas and New Year.  Even today clouds, but I could see the Sun through the clouds at times, so today only a WL full disk image of the Sun trough terrible seeing.  Solar activity is limited to three active regions with a total sunspot count of 10.  Total Sunspot area today is 140 millionths and 1 M-class flare in the last two days.