anyone seen the monster today?

[xtreemchaos]

being clouded out here in south wales i just wondered if there was any new developments,or anything new coming on to the disc.hope you all have clear skys charl.

[Floater]

Clouded out here, too, Charl. But you can get up-to-the-minute views via Gong.

Not the same I know, but better than looking at grey skies, surely!

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Gordon, just had a look on Gong, we wont beable to see the monster for much longer at the pace its moving across the disc, no new spots in HA. hope we get some clear weather tomorrow.charl.

[Stu]

Cloud and rain here today unfortunately. Lucky to have had some good views this week though, I wasn't expecting to

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Stu, i think ive a chance tomorrow by the forcast, but todays just been wall to wall cloud and very dark so it must be thick. hope you have a clear weekend. pauls posted some nice pics from this morning.charl.

[Pete Presland]

Fingers crossed for one more view this weekend!

[Stu]

Sunday actually looks pretty good here now, hopefully it will still be around then?

[xtreemchaos]

i hope so Pete, it will be a while before we get one so large. Stu the skys starting to clear here now ,about 50/50 cloud the wind is about 10 mph heading south/east so might get the 200p out in a bit for some DS ,jupiter and moon watching, hope you both get clear skys charl.

[Paul73]

Really stupid question here....

Do sunspots move or is the sun rotation causing the apparent movement?

Paul

[xtreemchaos]

its mainly rotation i think, with maybe  a bit of movement due to  thermal dynamics but thats just a guess, im as likely to be wrong as right. you might get a better reply soon. charl.

[paulastro]

According to my observations AR2529 came into view between April 7th (when it was just out of view round the E limb) and April 8th (when it was a diameter or two onto  the disk) -  I observed on both these dates in the morning.  It should take about 13 days to cross from E to W  (depending on its' actual latitude) so should be about until April 20th  (Wednesday)  - hopefully enough time for us all to have another view or two.

I was lucky to see it very early this morning, but not sure about tomorrow - we have snow showers forecast in the morning!  As Stu says, Sunday is not looking too bad for many of us.

Clear skies and good luck to everyone.  

[Pete Presland]

That's right its rotation in the same way you would see the GRS rotate on Jupiter. I certainly think the large A/R will be around all weekend. Depending on the position on the disc features take well over a week to transit the disc, unlike Jupiter where the GRS transits in 4-5 hours.

[xtreemchaos]

thats good news Paul, 5 more chances, that sounds good to me.charl.