The Dutch Observatory

High Cirrus clouds today but some were thin enough to image through.  Solar activity is still Very Low.  An early B2.2 flare this morning was the only flare since the B5.8 flare on the 27th.  However, we see some very nice Filaments in the NE quadrant.  Images in all wavelengths today and some close ups of the NE quadrant in Ha and CaK.

Transparency was way down with bad seeing.  However, I caught a hole big enough for my WL image.  No Active Regions again on the Sun today and we exceeded the number of AR-less days in the previous rotation.  The problem with FireCapture with the ASI174MM is that the sequence is captured very fast.  This is fine when conditions are good.  However, a few streaks of clouds were there when I captured this image.  These are visible in the final image.

Transparency was 2/5 today and seeing at 4/10.  In addition had to wait long for holes between the clouds.  Today is another “spotless” observing session.  In addition, the last C-class flare we had was seven days ago.  Solar Activity is Very Low.  However, in Ha we see a few nice proms at both sides of the Sun, and a nice filament with plasma activity extending around the rim on the East side.

Clear Skies this morning.  Seeing 6/10.  No sunspots to see this morning, however the Ha close up of the NE limb shows some prominence activity coming around as well as a nice filament.  5 B-class flares in the last two days, but no C-class flares, so the Solar Activity stays at Very Low.  A few plages are visible in the CaK image but nothing major.

Clouds all over this morning, so only was able to get an image in WL.  Seeing 2/10.  Solar Activity continues to be Very Low with only a B3.7  flare early this morning.  No reported active regions today for a second day in a row.  Since I could not observe in Ha, I do not know if there were interesting features visible or not.

Yesterday was the last day I could see AR2553 and since I was able to image the Region from June 10th, except for one day, I put a composite together showing how the area evolved during that period.  The area around the spot was great and unfortunately I had to crop too much to show a larger area and more filaments.  But still I believe it looks great.

Clear Skies with seeing 7/10. Solar activity is still Very Low today with no flares in the last two days.  Although I did not locate any spots during my observation, the total Active Region area for the beginning of today is 160 millionths with two sunspots, .  Full disk images today as well as some close ups.

Clear Skies early on with clouds later.  Seeing 7/10.  No flares yet at all today, and only 2 B-class flares on the 21st.  So Solar activity is Very Low.  AR2553 is ready to turn to the far side of the Sun, so not much to observe today.  Three full disk images as well as close ups of the two regions visible, AR2553 and AR2556.  A nice prom visible at the NE limb as well.

Had a dental appt. in the AM so my session had to wait until in the PM and was impacted by clouds. I was unable to get the CaK images as well as the flat for the Ha close up.  Today’s solar activity is very low with no C-class flare in the last two days.  Total Active Regions for today is 3 with a total area of 310 millionths and 5 Sunspots total.  Two full disk images and a few close ups.

Today I was able to capture the “Strawberry Moon”. A Strawberry Moon according to the Farmer’s Almanac is the June Full Moon.  However, this year this Full Moon falls on one of the Solstices, which makes it a very rare event. It has been almost 70 years since this happened and I read it was in 1946. Since the horizon at the house is relative high, I went two miles down the street where I captured the Ingress of the Mercury transit and waited for the Moon to come up. And it was beautiful, deep orange, but ut changed very rapidly as the moon rose. So here two images with the tree line in the background.