Sunspots 18/4

[kerrylewis]

Great speckling of sunspots today all over the disc. Worth a look if you have a filter

[Luke]

Good shout, Kerry. The Sun is stunning today in white light

[Umbraldot]

9 groups counted, 5 north 4 south R = 158

Great seeing for a change, lots of smaller spots and pores easily visible.

in H-alpha 13 filaments counted, the semi circular filament around AR2038 the most significant.  Prominences all disappointingly small. 

Plage with AR2034; 2036/37 and 2042. Bright spot of plage also seen with a small short filament near the east limb SE of AR2038.

It's the kind of day you can just keep the H-alpha scope monitoring all day and I probably will!

[Pete Presland]

the most i have seen for a while, a nice scattering!

[kerrylewis]

.....and on a sunny Bank Holiday too! The weather does play ball sometimes.

[pragmatist]

[removed word], been dragged out today and may miss the excitement.

[Luke]

Clouded out here early, just after putting on the factor 20 suntan lotion!

Good luck where you are, the annoying thing is the clouds are white and puffy, hard to hate them!

[mjpfc]

Had a look on Thursday and again this morning.

Its very impressive in Hydrogen alpha but in WHITE LIGHT the thing looks like the Drivers door of Bonnie and Clyde's car !

I counted 43 seperate Ubrae (some very small) this morning and even more on Thursday, with Lakes of Prenumbra about the place and the whole

thing describing two broken lines all along either side of the equator.

Very Impressive sight, and a small flare off the lower left of the Limb in my Pst made my morning.

Mick