The Dutch Observatory

A nice group of active regions with 1589 being “fantastic”.  Also we have an increase in prominences and filaments.  Today a very nice prom at the South and Western limbs of the sun.  Activity is on the increase again.

Carington Rotation 2129 did start on October 8th, but because of clouds, outreach and other things to do, here is my first image of CR2129.  AR1585 gives a very nice display of activity.  Three C class flares today with the highest a C 9.0

A clear sky again on October 6th with a repeat of the previous day’s regions.  Also the interesting plasma structure on the Southern hemisphere was still there and looks great.

We had some rainy days and some schools to attend to.  October 5th I found the time again to make some images.  Today a nice display of 5 active regions with a dramatic display of AR1577 and 78 at the Western side of the disk.  Also a nice display of almost straight plasma lines extending in the Southern hemisphere.

Today we had a clear sun again and a beautiful prominence at the SE limb. It was 5 1/2 times as high as Earth and at least 10 times as wide.   I decided to make a 1 hour animation with an image every 60 seconds.  Here the animation repeated three times. Click on the image to link to the movie animation and wait for the movie to be loaded. It’s worth the wait time!!.

A very interesting Sun today with a very large prominence at the SE limb and a number of very nice filaments and seven active regions.  This was a treat to see.  So I decided to image a 1 hour animation of the prominence and I had to twist my arm to stop because of other things that needed to be done.  Here the full disk images and look in the next blog for the animation.

A very nice eruptive prominence today at the SE limb.  In addition we have 8 named active regions however, so far only one C class flare today.  A very nice sun to observe with many smaller and fainter prominences around the disk.

Clear Skies again today.  Some very nice filaments, a  nice rotating prominance, and another hedge row at the eastern limb.  Today a full disk image and two closeups.  One from the Eastern limb, the second showing 1575, 76, 77, and 78.

Clear Skies today with low activity.  Just one C and two B class flares so far and very little in terms of prominences.  The active regions look cool on the surface.  Today a full disk image and a close up of the 3 named active regions 1575,76 and 77.

Yesterday I was busy all day with outreach at Stone Mountain Middle and could not slip in capturing an image.  This morning it was clear Skies and made these images.  Nice activie regions with a few to turn to the backside of the sun in the next day or so.