The Dutch Observatory

Low clouds were flying through the sky this morning making it a frustrating observation session. I was only able to do the full disk WL image and had to pack up again.  Well, the 12 day dry-spell is over and we officially have two (very small) Active Regions with a region area of 10 millionths each which can be seen in the full sized image.  Total spot count is 3.  No C-class flare in the last two days, so the Solar Activity stays at Very Low.

An early session this morning just in time before the clouds started filling the sky.  Solar activity is Very Low with no flare in the last two days.  The filaments have reached the Western limb and made for a nice hedgerow prominence.  The Eastern limb also showed a nice prom.  So we are getting used to reporting no Active Regions and Sunspots. , but other features on the Sun.  Images today include full disk images as well as close ups of some areas and proms.

Another hot day, so my observing session starts right when the Sun clears the trees from my neighbor.  The Spotless spell continues, and so does the lack of C-class flares resulting in another Very Low Solar activity for today.  A fellow observer did report some pores yesterday, but today they are gone, but another more substantiated pore at longitude 9 degrees popped up.  The group of filaments is starting to reach the Western limb, but it still is  a nice display.  Full disk images today and close ups of some areas on the Sun as well as a small close up of today’s pore.

Another hot day, so my session is early today.  The Sun still does not show a Sunspot, and the group of filaments is moving to the Western limb. Solar Activity is still Very Low with no C-class flare in the last two days.  Just a single B-class flare yesterday and today. A nice Prom is visible at the Eastern limb, so we’ll keep watching what it means.  Today the usual three full disk images and a close up of the filaments in Ha and CaK.

Had a late start today, and in addition had to wait an hour for a long trail of clouds to move through for the Ha close ups and the CaK image.  Seeing was pretty good at 8/10.  Today is another Spotless day but in Ha the Sun looks beautiful with the activity of the plasma in the Northern half of the Sun.  I am posting two images at 2x out of 12, only to show what it looked like.  Real rewarding for the 1 hour wait.  Today the close ups as well as the full disk images.

Scattered clouds this morning, but enough room for a full imaging session.  The Sun’s activity has been Very Low since the last C-1.7 class flare on June 19th, and has not shown any Sunspots since June 23rd.  So we focus on other features, such as the beautiful filaments that are crossing the solar disk in the last few days.  Today three full disk images as well as close ups of the filaments in Ha and the region that produces them in CaK.