The Dutch Observatory

Observed this morning right before some clouds showed up.   Solar Activity is still Very Low with the last C-class flare happening 4 days ago.  However, the dry spell with no sunspots is over, as some spots emerged yesterday, and the region now is named AR2570.  The total Active Region area for the Sun is still very low at 10 millionths with a total of 3 Sunspots.  Full disk images as usual with close ups of AR2570 as well as some other un-named areas.

Clear Skies, but still no sunspots today. Solar activity is still Very Low with no C-class flares in the last two days, however a B-class flare was registered after I finished my session at S17E. Today three full disk images as well as close ups of the nice filament and the SE quadrant in Ha.

Another day with no spots on the Sun.  Solar Activity is Very Low with no Flares in the last two days.  However, the large filament in the NE quadrant looks great.  So we’ll see how long this time we see no spots.  Today’s images show some nice plages in CaK and a little prom activity is Ha.

Clear Skies again.  Solar Activity is still Medium with 2 M-Class flares and 9 C-Class flares in the last two days.  AR2567 went “around the corner” with a size of 150 millionths and 6 Sunspots and now we have a blank Sun again.  However, AR2567’s activities still could be seen by means of the beautiful prom at the Western limb.  Today full disk images again in three wavelengths as well as close ups of the nice Prom at the Western limb and the large filament in the NE quadrant.

Solar Activity is Medium today with one M-Class flare and 13 C-class flares in the last two days. This morning we still had two regions with a total Active Region area of 460 millionths.  By the time I observed I was unable to see AR2565, but still could see AR2567.  Total spot count went down to and was at 14.  I am imaging very early so have problems digging through the atmosphere, but if I wait until later it is way too hot form me.  So today we have three full disk images as well as close ups of the Regions in the three wavelengths and the Ha close up shows a C-2.5 flare in AR2567 .

Cirrostratus clouds this morning so had to image through the clouds.  Well what a surprise this morning.  Early today AR2565 did produce 3 flares which exceeded M5, which triggers R2 Alerts to be send.  According to my records, the last R2 was issued on April 17th 2016, over three months ago.  Both AR2565 and 67 are getting ready to turn to the far side of the Sun, so we will not observe what they have in store for us in the next few days. AR2565 is still at 250 millionths, and AR2567 is smaller today at 330.  Total spot count is 16.   Today full disk images as well as close ups in the three wavelengths as well as a close up of a prom at the E limb.  Please remember they were all taken through a thin cloud deck.

Cloudy skies gave way to clear skies and high temps.  Solar activity is Medium with 2 M-Class flares and 14 C-Class flares in the last two days.  AR2567 has increased in size from 390 to 510 millionths, and except for 2 C-class flares, was responsible for all the other activity.  Total Active Region area for the Sun today is at 850 millionths and total spot count is 26.  Today full disk images in all three wavelengths as well as close ups of AR2565, and 67.

The Astronomical League’s Analemma Program. After taking measurements for a year, I finished the project in April, and did submit my results after I completed the write up, produced the graphs, and made the calculations.  The purpose of the project is to calculate, based only on the data you collected, the latitude of where you are, the tilt of the Earth, as well as the eccentricity of the orbit of our Earth around the Sun. On June 7th I was informed that I had met the requirements for the project. But not for the first time, the AL managed to spell my name incorrect on the certificate, so today I did receive the corrected version and I can close the book on this project.

Clear skies this morning for a while with good seeing.  Solar Activity is Medium with 8 C-class flares in the last two days.  We have three regions with a total area of 720 millionths and the spot count for today is 28.  AR2567 has grown to 390 millionths and is a Dki on the McIntosh scale.  Full disk images today and close up in the three wavelengths of AR2565, 67.

Cloudy weather with an occasionally break.  However, by the time I had setup I could not get a clear image, so resorted to only capturing a close up, with mixed results.  Today the Sun’s Activity is Low with only 4 C-class flares in the last two days.  We have four Active Regions with a total region area of 660 millionths of which the largest area AR2567 accounts for 330.  Total Spot count for today is at 28.  After 12 attempts to image AR2565,67, this was the best I could do today.