Large CME now 5pm,

[Peter Drew]

A large CME complex is hovering over the group of prominences near the single large sunspot. Too far out to appear on the restricted field of the GONG images. 

[Peter Drew]

Excitement caused lapse of solar nomenclature, the object is more likely a detached prominence. 

[Pig]

It is an excellent detached indeed Peter, about the 7O'clock position at the moment,  Its been  while since I have seen one with so much venom

[Floater]

Wonderful.

It's in the same place, just slightly even farther out(!) than the one I saw on Friday. Is it the same one just carrying on or a whole new blast?

[Pig]

It is very busy at the moment, there is a triple prom in the 1 O'clock position, a fat spike at 3 O'clock , 3 proms at 5 O'clock and the monster at 7 O'clock

Its a good job I can tell the time  a big thanks to my primary school teachers

[Peter Drew]

The detached prom is still well seen this morning. 

[Floater]

Your word is good enough for me ... Not a chance of seeing through my cloudy sky!

[Zakalwe]

Your word is good enough for me ... Not a chance of seeing through my cloudy sky!

helioviewer.org

[Floater]

Thanks, Zak(?), but not the same, is it? A fine substitute, I agree. But much rather be at the eyepiece, eh?

[paulastro]

The detached prominence was still easily visible in my PST at 1.50pm this afternoon - it clouded over shortly afterwards!  Nice prominences too on the limb beneath it, a '3d-loop', a 'bush' and a 'squirty oil can'. 

[Zakalwe]

A quick movie of it in action that I created on Helioviewer.org

[Davey-T]

Typical, cloudy yesterday, had to go to work today.

Dave

[Floater]

Okay. I need a reality check.

Stephen, I think (Zakalwe user name), my first reaction was the typical double positive - aye, right! - as often used by us cynical Scots persons. 'Nae chance you did that yersel pal', kinda stuff. Then I looked at your website. Wow! You dancer, you!

Now don't take advantage of a learner's gullibility, please. Tell me, tell me, tell me do, honest mind, did you put that video/animation together? Cos if so, that's just so too special. (Totally special, or pure dead special north of Hadrian's Wall, I think may be the more modern vernacular.)

Come on now, cross your heart, etc.

[Zakalwe]

LOL, no I didn't image that directly myself (if only!).

I used the helioviewer.org website. it feeds data from a number of solar observatories that orbit the Earth or the Sun. The data is available in near real-time and you can select from a load of different instruments and frequencies of light.  You can zoom in, rewind, create snapshots and so on. It has a movie function too, and even automates the process of loading the movie into YouTube. it's a million times better than watching TV, let me tell you!

[Zakalwe]

http://wiki.helioviewer.org/wiki/Helioviewer.org_User_Guide_2.4.0

[DaveGarland]

Yup, it's a great website. I've set that as my home screen on my phone browser. Every time I call up my browser I see how the sun is doing. And yes better than tv. Big Bother is on now. Stay in and watch people staying in, or see something out of this world?

[Floater]

Thanks, guys. It is, indeed, a wonderful thing. I shall delve deeper ...

That notwithstanding, Stephen your website is awesome! Even though you are a bit of a rascal, leading jaw-dropped chumps like me astray ...

(Of course, I always knew it was a come-on, he said, walking away and trying to look unimpressed and cool ...)

[Peter Drew]

The detached prom is still in evidence today at 7pm, getting faint now. Usual better seeing at this time of evening, proms and spicule layer excellent with 120mm PST mod at 150X.