July 31, 2015: Loch Ness calling; lovely proms on the eastern limb

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lightning reactions with the SolarMax 60mm allowed me to catch a brief crack in the clouds and observe some lovely detail on the disk and around the limb. Two BIG bright plage areas showed up east and west. The eastern one was near a large sunspot. The eastern limb showed a huge array of proms. Some good ARs are headed our way, it seems. Seeing was really good in that little gap I got, much better than what I got at home.

[laudropb]

You are doing very well to get even a glimpse of the sun. Haven't seen it for days.

[Lorne]

You are doing very well to get even a glimpse of the sun. Haven't seen it for days.

The alleged resident of where Michael is viewing from is less elusive than the Sun this summer