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11.52 Ejected material arching back down to the surface in the last couple of minutes.

11.20 more gaps in the base, as if it's being slowly pulled out by the roots.

10.50am, base of prom increasingly looking less secure, looks like 'tree roots' attaching it to the disc.

I'm very sorry about your mishap Stu, I'll keep my fingers crossed that it is OK.

In and out many times today since about 9.30am , attempting to obtain views of the very large active prom on the NW LIMB with the PST. A strong prominence, one of the best for a while. Very high winds, mostly cloudy and some heavy rain showers. I carried the scope in and out many times to avoid the showers. The rough sketch shows the prom at 9.52am and 2.34pm. The WL pic is a single frame taken at 10.49am, Altair 80ED-R and Olympus E-M5 Mk11.

Just had another brief view through the PST and did a quick sketch of the prom -added to my previous sketch. Still worth a look if you can, though the sun is getting low.

I what's the name of the app you used for the satellite pic Stu?

Many thanks Stu, I'll download it. 😊.

I what's the name of the app you used for the satellite pic Stu?

It's worth it Stu, if the wind isn't strong enough to believe it over. I would have done this myself usually, but the wind is gusting strongly here. I also put a big plastic clip on the cover so it doesn't blow off, and to protect it from bird poo 😊.

10.30 just come on after a few clear gaps, detail on big prom fantastic, far better than GONG image and my frantic sketch in high winds, below. Must have been in and out half a dozen times to avoid rain being swept in on the wind. Lots of great detail, plage and AAs. Would make a fabulous pic if any images can get a clear spell.

I'm hoping for another look Stu, PST ready to go if it clears, 100% cloud and raining hard now, but you never know.

Had a minutes view through cloud before completely clouded. Prom impressive through cloud, though couldn't see fainter elements. GONG grab below. Worth a look!

Many thanks Stu. I'd just posted a pic and mentioned the new AR on Solar Observing when I noticed your post According to spaceweather.com it could be big, the bit currently rotating into view only being part of it. Let's hope so 😊.

Single frame taken at 10.46am with the 80 ED-R and Olympus camera. It shows AR2936 about to go off the disc, AR2938, AR2939, AR2940 and newly arriving AR2941 coming on at the E limb. According to spaceweathe.com AR2941 could just be part of a much larger AR which hasn't come fully into view yet. Worth keeping an eye on.

Thank you Stargazer. The Altair 80 ED-R was set up in the lounge, with solar filter, camera and cable release on my Scopetech Mount Zero on a Vixen tripod. All I had to do was carry it out through the kitchen. Took me about two minutes to carry it out. Pic below, but without solar filter and camera.

Hopelessly murky yesterday, and all day today - except for six minutes starting at 12.32 pm. A little gap in the blanket of cloud, I had left the Altair 80 ED-R set up ready to go indoors just in case. Through cloud I managed six single frames, believe it or not, this is the best! It shows AR2396, AR2398 close to the E WIth AR2939 and AR2930 further E. Single frame at 12.38 pm, 1/20 sec at 320 asa, Olympus E-M5 Mk11. Nice to see AR2936 for probably the last time, if the forecast is anywhere near being correct.

What a fabulous photograph Mark, or should I say 'fab' - judging by the haircuts I presume you were all Beatles fans? I certainly didn't look that cool back in 1968. I don't recall the eclipse in 1968, but the pic below shows me with a friend waiting to see the partial solar eclipse on February 25th, 1971, I'm on the left with a pair of binocs. I'm afraid we waited in vain, it didn't clear until a few minutes after the eclipse finished. Seen one ot two since though 😊.

Thank you Mark. It's funny isn't it, as good as HA is, I wouldn't want not to be able to observe sunspots. I've been observing in white light for over fifty years, and I always get a thrill from observing sunspots - the bigger and more numerous the better. Of course, fifty years ago it was more exciting because you had no way of knowing if there were any sunspots on view or not. It was always a thrill to project the image and find out there was a huge sunspot on the disc 😊.

I managed my third solar obs on the bounce this morning, though if I wasn't trying to keep my run going, I may have thought twice 😄. After two storms on Friday and Saturday nights the wind this morning was ferocious as well, with gusts of up to 50 mph, I had trouble holding down the 102ED on the Scopetech Zero mount at times, the seeing was very bad, and views were affected by cloud, as was my single frame below. Kon's pic is much better, but I'm posting it anyway after all the difficulty I had obtaining it - just don't bother zooming in on it 😅. I agree with Kon, the two ARs coming over the E limb look very promising, I particularly like the look of AR2940. The solar cycle certainly seems to be gaining momentum, lots to look forward to 😊.

Happy birthday Huddo. 60, old? 🤣 I don't think so!

I was lucky to have a second clear morning in a row this morning - I might buy a lottery ticket later 😊. Good to see AR2936 again, plus AR2934 to the W. On the E limb was AR2939 plus another AR to the N, so far not numbered? Took a single frame with the Tecnosky 102ED F7 and Olympus camera at 10.30 am, 1/250 sec at 320 asa.. Reproduced below with a crop of the same frame. Earlier, I had an enexpected fly by. I had just pressed the end of my manual cable release, with just sunspots visible. The camera screen then flashed for a microsecond while it flashed up the frame that has just been taken before returning to the view through the camera again. I had a shock in that for that microsecond I thought I saw a plane with a con trail flash into view. I thought I had imagined it until I pressed the button to see the frame I had just taken. The pic is below. Over the years I've taken quite a few planes crossing the sun or moon. This is the first time that one has taken me by surprise as this one has, crossing the field of view in the time it took for the shutter to release and me never actually seeing it before or after, but just leaving an image. 😁.

Nigella, I'm not laughing, they are great pictures! Many congratulations on having some sunny skies at last 😊.

Thanks Pete, that's very kind of you.