April 3, 2014: Solar lunch with big "claw" proms on western limb

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Just had a glance through the Sahara dust/smog, using the trusty LS35. Apart from some filaments and sunspots on the surface, the sun was quite quiet, except for a big pair of "claws" sticking out of the western limb. The top claw was considerably larger than the bottom. The pair could also put you in mind of a parrot's beak. A small prom could be seen almost due south.  Not much else going on, but still worth a quick look.

[Pig]

Very poor skies here Michael for the past few days, I have not had so much as a sniff of the Sun

[Umbraldot]

No one observation in April so far.  Clouds, clouds and more clouds, not even a glimmer of sun.  Forecast is pretty dire too

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Grey here at the moment, and the forecast isn't good for the coming week either.

[Byz1453]

Starting to clear here in the Dam, lovely big flat prom at about 7.30 and lots of smaller, very faint proms all around, great filaments to boot....

Sitting on my deck, taking it all in....