Feb. 18, 2015: Some nice proms and filaments during lunch

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Had a nice look at the sun through the solar scope again during lunchtime. The tail end of the big filament seemed to be visible (only just) and several other filaments criss-crossed the disk. Just north of the "Tail of the Dragon" a fairly bright prom could be seen on the western limb. Much further north a large, if faint prom was visible, showing a vast network of fine filamentous structures. A much smaller, but higher surface brightness prom stood out on the north-eastern limb. Several plage areas showed up, but I could not make out any sunspots.

I experimented quite extensively with the different combinations of blocking filters, H-alpha filter and ERF, and find that the B1200 ERF combination is better visually than the BF5 (which works best visually with no extra filters, but needs an H-alpha filter in imaging). 

[Hyperion76]

Thanks interesting wanted to see but clouded over before I could get home !Caught tail end of the filaprom yesterday was wondering if the substantial tail might form a tall filament prom it would appear this is only a small prom from looking at halpha.nso.edu.

[philj]

I had a quick look this morning before clouds came over and noticed one prom sticking up more or kess vertical from the limb, didnt have time to get some mag on it but it was a nice view today