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That's very kind of you, though I do my sketches fairly quickly just to get a record for my observing book. They are more utility rather than artistic 😄.

Lovely image. I did a very quick sketch at 6.10 pm, and as Peter said, at that time in the PST there looked to be a wide space between the two filaments, at low power using 10mm on the zoom. Twelve hours before, 6.55 -7.15 am, I there was only one filament. The pics are not the same orientation as in the morning I did the drawing from memory, using a GONG image to help me place what I had seen in the correct place when I came indoors.

Out about 9.50 to 11.15 pm with the Tecnosky 102ED. Poor seeing but good detail in better moments. Adjoining Clavius to the SW is Blancus, and a little S of Blancus Is Klaproth and Casatus adjacent to Klaproth's southern boarder. I thought they were quite striking, Kalproth being well illuminated and Casatus in total shadow, with ramparts separating them, looking a bit like a garden wall to me. To the E of Casatus is a triangular dark area, and a bit further E an oblong dark area which is Newton, named after Isaac Newton of course. How such a famous scientist should be relegated to an obscure crater near the edge of the S limb indicates in life he must have upset someone. At least Robert Hooke would have seen the funny side of it 🙂. Below is a single frame taken with the Olympus E-M5 Mk11, and a crop of the S limb area. I've also attached an image from NASA's SVS Lunar terminator software for the time I took my pic. Oh I forgot, Klaproth, Martin Heinrich, 1743 - 1817, was a German chemist and mineralogical. Castus was Paoli Casati, 1617-1707, an Italian mathematician.

Thanks Nigella, that's kind of you.

I really wish you hadn't said that, it's enough to put you off observing sunspots 😱 😁.

Great images, particularly the colour one, love the fine detail, thanks for posting.

Outside with PST from around 9.30 to 10.15am. For about 40 minutes I could see no detail at all, no surface detail or proms, not even AR2833 which I knew was on the disc. It was quite hazy, but even so there's usually something. I checked GONG and was relieved to see that apart from an indistinct filament patch in the NE quadrant and The sunspot I wasn't missing much! At 10.10 the haze thinned a little and I did manage to see AR2833 and the filament patch, plus an insignificant small prom in the SW quad. Still, very little activity, hopefully it's the calm before the storm 🙂.

I was out from about 9.45 to 11.00 pm with the Tecnosky 102ED F7. The Theeophilus trio of craters were superbly placed. The lighting was really weird, with the Moon being a very strange brown colour. The full crescent pic below is a single frame taken with the Olympus E-M5 Mk11, and the colour is just what it looked like with the naked eye. Perhaps some dust in the atmosphere? The seeing was also atrocious most of the time, and very bad the rest of the time! I too some snaps with my Samsung A40 phone through a Morpheus 17.5 mm using the Celestron smart phone adapter. Below is the best I managed, unusually it was actually better than what I could see through the telescope most of the time in the poor conditions. I've also added a pic of the same area using the NASA Moon Phase and Libration 2021 Software set to the time I was observing. It really does give an amazing representation very close to what you can see through the telescope. Here's a link to the NASA software. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4874

Many thanks Stu. I will go out any night the weather cooperates this week, but I've just had two warnings about thunder storms approaching this week 😱.

Many thanks, I only decided to take some pics at the last minute, so it was a mad rush to get the kit together, glad I did though.

I had a nice view of the crescent moon last evening, using my 10x50 binoculars and my SW 72ED. Particularly nice to see it having observed it passing across the sun a couple of days earlier during the eclipse. The single frames below were taken with the 72ED and Olyympue E-M5 Mk11 between 10.19pm and 10.22 pm.

I'm glad you had some views Chris, you were luckier than many folks.

Thank you Stu. I agree with you, the profile of the lunar limb was certainly something I'll remember from this eclipse It would have been nice to know what features we were looking at.

Thanks Chris, I'm glad you saw something of it.

You were quick off the mark to capture it in so short a break, we'll done Peter.

I was up at 6am to check the weather, and in order to get to a better site if necessary. Despite it being completely cloudy and very dull outside, the forecast indicated it should be fairly clear by about 9am and then intermittent sunshine until around 11am. At 9am it was indeed brighter with some blue patches! I decided to gamble and stay put. In summary, I had good views from the start of the eclipse until 11.18, just after max when it clouded completely and threatened rain. There were quick moving clouds, but the longest time the sun was out of view was for 12 mts. There were often clouds dulling the sun, but not obscuring it completely for too long. The affect of this was that the exposure varied greatly. The pics below vary in exposure from 1/6400 sec to 1/4 sec at 250 asa! All single frames taken with the Tecnosky 102 ED F7 and the Olympus E-M5 Mk11 at prime focus. The first pic was taken at 10.08 and the last at 11.10 I also used the PST and solar eclipse glasses for visual observations. In better seeing with the 102 ED, the profiles of craters and hills on the limb were very clear. From reading other accounts of members, not far away, who had less success, I feel I was very fortunate indeed to see what I did.

Well done John, at least you got a look near max, I'm really pleased for you. As it turned out I had good views from 9.50 to 11.18, just after max when it clouded up completely and became quite dark. There was some cloud, but won't complain. I'll put a report on solar observing soon.

Where are you John, I'm in W Yorks and we have some sun at the moment - S and E Yorks have better conditions forecast.

Sunny intervals developed here so I have my fingers crossed I'll see something of it, as long as the weather hasn't peaked too soon 😄. Keep the faith if you aren't clear at the moment, at least the sun is bright enough to see through thin cloud.

Well, it won't be long now For the period of the eclipse iits forecast to be 70% cloud here - I'll take that if it turns out to be accurate. So, playing at home. Though, if it is completely cloudy as it is now at 9.30/10.00, I may panic and head east toward Ripon 🙂. The best of luck everyone.

Peter, I did the drawing below using the PST between 8.50am and 9am. Accounting for the different orientation of GONG and the PST, the proms I saw in the top right (SE Quad) might match the 'prom exploding from the sun'. One of its elments had lifted off the surface.

I have cloud over me. In fact if you look at the live map it looks better - due to the increased scale. The nearest sun to me is Sheffield, then its either Norfolk, Newcastle, Sussex or Kent. Still, could get a clear break anywhere with a bit of luck 🙂

This is the Met Office Weather Map for Thursday at 10am which you can set for three hourly intervals. By 1pm most of the sun in the E has gone. On the live map you can zoom in of course. Still 2 1/2 days to go, so it may change. Anyway, in even the worse weather, its always possible the sun will peak out for brief periods. 🙂 PS Here's a link to the live map. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map#?map=SignificantWeather&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.01&fcTime=1623045600

Nice looking scope. When Ive had to use elastic bands to hold a solar filter in place I've always used three. The idea being, One band is just too risky, you never know. Two elastic bands a little better, but its still possible they could break at the same time. Three bands, fairly unlikely they will all break simultaneously. However still possible and would only do this if there really was no choice. Personally I wouldn't take the risk. Its easier to get sticky stuff off your tube, than getting a new eye!!!

8.15 pm, just in (sun now too low). The seeing was excellent in the last few minutes with great detail across the disc in the PST - better than the GONG pics show. The smallest AA became much brighter than the others for a short time. The GONG image below is a bit later and shows it better I think.