The Sun - 14th July 2013

[David Smith]

Up early this morning but conditions were poor. Fortunately it cleared after a while. Scorching out there again now.

20130714 by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

I tried shooting close-ups with the barlow this morning but that didn't work out very well so will stick with scaled crops for now.

Firstly the new group.

20130714_crop by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

And then AR11791 with it's new friend

20130714_crop2 by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

[Montana]

Excellent work

Alexandra

[Steve Ward]

Great capture sir ...

That half-hour lie-in cost you ....

May go for another one later , but it's really unpleasantly sticky now so I shall probably just hide indoors instead ...

[David Smith]

It was 08:00 before I dragged myself out of bed today, so your probably right.

If the weather holds I will try for a late afternoon shot.

Just playing around with some H alpha avi's now.

[Bizibilder]

Nice to see someone has clear skies!! Well done.

[JamesF]

Big gurlie wusses the lot of you. I'm having to drink several bottles of wine a night just to replenish the water loss here

Very nice images, David.

James

[DrRobin]

After several bottles of wine I bet you can see the sun in total darkness?

Nice shot of the new big sunspot, even if Steve beat you to it.

Robin.

[David Smith]

I'm having to drink several bottles of wine a night just to replenish the water loss here

Feel for you James, I really do

Nice shot of the new big sunspot, even if Steve beat you to it.

He's just gettin his own back for yesterday

[DrRobin]

Touché, sorry a bit of French slipped out, James, translation please?

I suppose Steve, has a slight advantage, he is a good deal further east than the rest of us and is bound to see new events first.

Robin