FLARE IN PROGRESS.......WESTERN LIMB....

[Solar_observer]

HUGE loop in progress.

[Solar_observer]

C class and rising.

[David Smith]

Grabbing PST......

[Solar_observer]

Its peaked at C 3 class. Loop still getting bigger. HUGE prom on the east limb too. Possible lift off?

[Solar_observer]

Strange looking filaprom just underneath looping prom too,lots going on again this morning.

[Solar_observer]

No no rising again to C 5 ??????

[Solar_observer]

M1???????

[Solar_observer]

Cant see the brightening cos the AR is just over the limb but can see the effects.

[Solar_observer]

still rising but loop fading now.

[Solar_observer]

There is a plage brightening in the cental AR too,keep your eye on this.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Glad someone is getting some sunlight. Grey here. Hope someone catches this with a camera

[Helen]

Leaving my plumber to it and heading out....

[Solar_observer]

That AR going over the western limb has produced a number of M class over the last 24 hours,so keeping an eye on that today. Also the VERY large prom on the opposite limb,looks like it could possibly erupt too?

Watch this space.

[Solar_observer]

Loop losing plasma density now, these impulsive flares are far far too quick.

[Solar_observer]

Its still a volatile area.....as i type more surges appearing. Keep an eye on it guys and gals if you can.

[Helen]

Got the plumber out going Wow! too  just getting camera sorted now.

Helen

[Solar_observer]

Bet the plumber will in the near future be on here with his solar H ALPHA first light report. Lol

[Helen]

Quick screenshot

[Solar_observer]

That thin cloud has starting to interfere with the surface detail. Wonder if my rocket blower is strong enough? (Starts puffing away)

[Solar_observer]

Stunning EFR just off centre,fairly hard to see. Fine fibrils are forming within the small plage area. (Arch filament system or AFS).

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Thanks for keeping us posted.

Nice image Helen, impressive goings on

[Solar_observer]

Hopefully my material from fleebay will arrive today. Its a 3 pass band blackout cloth used for curtains. Throw that over my head and eyepiece and hopefully it will improve the detail i see. I will report if and when it arrives.

[Dave In Vermont]

Let's see if this works...

TINY ASTRONOMERS CATCH BIG SOLAR ACTIVITY: After days of low solar activity, departing sunspot AR2322 erupted with a flurry of activity on April 21st. The suddenly active region produced five M-class solar flares in less than 14 hours. A group of 2nd graders in Columbus, Georgia, caught one of the M-flares in action:

"Ms. Getz's 2nd grade class at Forrest Road Elementary captured this incredible solar eruption during a session with the Real-time Interactive Solar Observatory," explains Mary Johnson, Assistant Director of the Coca-Cola Space Science Center at Columbus State University. Johnson and colleagues have been developing this online telescope for three years. "To give you an idea of what happens during these sessions, one of our staff members joins the school teacher in the classroom. The students and teacher then use a control system to move the telescope and take images of the features they choose to view."

"Teachers from anywhere in the world can request online telescope sessions for their classes," she continues. "To learn more about this FREE resource, please visit http://observatory.ccssc.org/ or contact Michael Johnson at michaelj@ccssc.org."

Good news for tiny astronomers: More flares are in the offing. NOAA forecasters have boosted the odds of M-class eruptions to 30% on April 22nd. There is a chance of X-flares, too--about 5%.

I'll be! It did!

Sunny Skies All,

Dave

TINY ASTRONOMERS CATCH BIG SOLAR ACTIVITY.docx

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice! One thing I find odd: it wasn't the departing AR that threw the big wobbler, it was a new arrival. There was also a flare in a departing AR, so maybe this got things confused

[spaceboy]

Darn it! I must have missed it by minutes Some great proms today but clouded over here now.