The Sun 29 March 2013 white light

[Bizibilder]

The tiniest gap in the clouds! I managed 30 frames and stacked them. The seeing was really good too!!!

[Steve Ward]

Lovely shot Roger ,

Hoping that gap is drifting this way , all set up and bored here . . .

[Bizibilder]

Forgot to say - I cleaned the camera sensor today, one of those blower thingies, worked a treat - no flats and no pesky bunnies!!

[Steve Ward]

Make the world of difference Roger ,

I'll miss them though . . .

[JamesF]

Nice image, Roger. All that activity on the limb yesterday though, and all we get today is some tiny spots? The Sun really needs to start trying harder.

James

[Steve Ward]

Where do Raben get their 'Farside' data from ?

There always seems to be countless activity round the corner that never makes it round the limb . . .

[Bizibilder]

They use a small mirror!!

[Steve Ward]

[JamesF]

Where do Raben get their 'Farside' data from ?

There always seems to be countless activity round the corner that never makes it round the limb . . .

Their website doesn't appear to give any information about where the data comes from. I assumed it must originate from some of the solar observing craft, but whether they process raw data or get the AR information from NASA/someone else really isn't clear that I can see.

James

[Steve Ward]

Science based guesswork . . .

[Montana]

Fabulous! at least a few new active regions blossoming

Alexandra

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice shot, Roger. No sun down here I am afraid.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Where do Raben get their 'Farside' data from ?

There always seems to be countless activity round the corner that never makes it round the limb . . .

They might be using helioseismology to estimate this. The sun is constantly vibrating (main band at 5 min oscillation). Like earthquakes, solar quakes can tell us a lot about the structure of the sun. I can imaging surface waves can give hints about the presence of active regions on the far side (combined of course with predicting observed near-side AR after the moved to the far side).

[sologuitarist61]

Great image and sharp as a tack as usual