The Dutch Observatory

Clear Skies today with better than average seeing.  Solar Activity is still Very Low.  Since yesterday AR2604 has vanished, and a new area in the Eastern hemisphere has popped up but is not named yet.  The filaments on the Eastern side of the Sun remain in place and look very nice.  Total Active Region area for today is 10 millionths and the spot count is 2.    Full disk images as well as close ups of the mentioned regions in Ha and CaK.

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This morning clear Skies with very good seeing.  Solar activity is still Very Low with no C-class flares in over a week. We have one Active Region AR2604 which is a Bxo on the McIntosh scale.  Total Active Region area for today is 10 millionths and the spot count is at 6.  Despite the low activity, we see some nice filaments on the Eastern hemisphere.  Today close ups of the mentioned regions, as well as full disk images.

Clear skies with good seeing.  Today is the first day since October 2nd with no reported Active Regions or sunspots, and Solar Activity remains Very Low. However some pores can be seen near the center and the Western limb.  Some plages are visible in the Ha and CaK images and the large filament in the NE Quadrant is also very notable. today’s images include the full disk as well as close ups of the mentioned regions.

Clear Skies with relative good seeing.  Solar Activity continues to be Very Low with no C-class flares in the last two days.  AR2603 is now turning to the far side.  You can still see it right at the limb in the WL and CaK close up.  There are two regions visible which have not been assigned AR numbers.  Total Active Region area for today is 60 millionths with 2 spots total.  Full disk images and close ups of some of the regions and filaments.

Some Cirrus clouds and thin contrails made for a below average observing session.  Solar activity remains Very Low as AR2603 only produces a few B-class flares.  However AR2603 has now evolved into a Dai region and has increased to 70 millionths.  Total spot count has also increased from 2 to 7.  A few nice prominences are visible at the SE limb.  Today’s images include the full disk images and close ups of the mentioned and some other regions.

Clear skies this morning with average seeing.  Solar Activity remains Very Low, with no C-class flares.  AR2603 remains at 20 millionths but the spot count has gone down and now is 3.  Full disk images and close ups of some areas on the Sun as well as some Proms at the NE and NW limb of the Sun.

Cirrus clouds and a few contrails did  interfere today with my imaging session.  Solar Activity is Very Low with one B-class flare on the 23rd.  We have one active region left and its size is now just 20 millionths with a total spot count of 4.  Not much to see in the visible light image, but in Ha and CaK still some interesting features.

Clear Skies with good seeing.  Solar Activity is Very Low with only 1 B-class flare in the last two says.  A small flare from AR2602 is still visible at the limb but for the most part it is at the far side now.  AR2603 is very unstable and is at 30 millionths today.  Total Active Region Area today is at 40 millionths with a spot count of 7.  Full disk images and close ups of the regions but only one WL close up, and one close up of the proms at the Western limb.

Clear skies with wind gusts of 18 mph.  Seeing about average.  Solar activity is Very Low wioth  o flares in the last two days.  I have problems with one of my PCs which runs PS, so have to use Essentials today for final processing and one can see the difference.  AR2602 is getting close to the Western limb.  Total Active Region Area today is 50 millionths and the spot count is at 9.  Full disk images as well as close ups of the regions and some filaments.

Transparency as well as seeing was very bad today with the jet stream above, wind streams moving at opposite directions at different altitudes, as well as wind gusts up to 35 miles/hr.  Solar Activity is Very Low with just two B-class flares in the last two days.  AR2603 disappeared for about one day, but it looks like it is coming back again.  Total active region area for today is 50 millionths with a spot count of 6.  The images today are pretty bad quality because of the observing conditions, but at least they show the progression on the solar disk.  The Ha full disk image was not useable so it is not included.