The Dutch Observatory

A real thin deck of cirrus-stratus clouds covered the sky.  But seeing was much better than yesterday.  Solar Activity is still Very Low with no C-class flares.  One named region today: AR2612.  The pore from yesterday is now further evolved and contains at least 5 pores.  We’ll see if it gets named today.  The filaments from yesterday are still there and I also captured two others near the Eastern limb.  Total Active Region Area for today is 160 millionths and the spot count is at 3.

Clear skies!  But seeing remains below average.  Solar Activity remains Very Low.  One Active Region today, AR2612, but also noticed a pore near the Western limb.  Total Active Region Area for today has increased from 180 yesterday, to 230 millionths today.  Spot count for today is 2.  We again have some nice filaments in the NE quadrant.  Full disk images today with close ups of the mentioned regions.

Clear skies again with a bit higher humidity, but the seeing is still below average.  Solar Activity is Very Low with only a few B1 and B2 class flares in the last two days.  NOAA’s observers finally caught up with the lack of sunspots, and report no Active Regions or sunspots for today. So total area is zero.  Today full disk images and a few close ups of the areas where the named regions used to be.

Seeing is still very bad.  The jet stream is moving away, but we still are getting some heavy wind shears, resulting in waving of the image raw data. Solar Activity is still Very Low and NOAA is still reporting one Active Region AR2611 covering an area of 10 millionths and one spot.  I could not see any spots but the Ha and CaK images showed some plages around the area.  Today full disk images, but no close ups in WL.

The seeing is about the same as yesterday.  Solar Activity is still Very Low.  In fact, I could not make out any sunspots, but NOAA did not drop the regions, probably because of their size and visibility in Ha. So we have two regions with one spot each.  Total active region area for today is 20.  Because of the seeing condition, I could get no reasonable contrast in my visible light close ups, so they are not included today.

This was one of those days where the skies were clear as a whistle, but the seeing was terrible and you can see it in the images. The jet stream with the 90 and 100 miles per hour wind speeds right overhead, and with local wind gusts up to 30-35 miles per hour.  Solar Activity remains Very Low.  Did not see anything where AR2610 should have been and a few small pores were left of AR2611.  So today the we should close the day with no spots.  Today full disk images with close ups of the mentioned regions, but the quality is very poor.

Clear Skies again today with very good seeing.  Solar Activity remains Very Low.  The region at the Eastern limb is named today as AR2611, so we have two active regions.  Total Active Region Area for today is  60 millionths with a spot count of 7.  The filaments in the Southern hemisphere are still intact.  Full disk images again today with close ups of the regions in three wavelengths.

Clear Skies with great seeing today.  Solar Activity remains Very Low.  One named Region today AR2610, and the region at the Eastern limb is still not named.  Total Active Region Area for today is 40 millionths and the spot count is at 8.  I had some problems with my flats for the Ha images today, so they are a bit uneven.  Sorry for that.  Full disk images today as well as close ups of the mentioned regions.

Clear Skies with good seeing for a change.  Solar Activity remains Very Low.  Two regions are named, AR2609 and AR2610.  However, a new area has emerged at the Eastern Limb but has not been named yet.  Total Active Region Area for today is 30 millionths and the total spot count is at 9.  The nice filament has deteriorated a bit and remnants remain.  Full disk images again today with close ups of the mentioned areas. This concludes the observations for Carrington Rotation CR2183.

Clear Skies with good seeing today.  Solar Activity is Very Low with no C-class flares.  Still two regions, AR2609 and 2610.  Total Active Region Area for today is 30 millionths and the spot count is 6.   A nice filament stretches in the Eastern half of the Sun.  Today full disk images and close ups of the regions and a plage in CaK near the Eastern limb.