WOW ar2674 stunning today 31-8-17 "updated"

[xtreemchaos]

cracking sky here thismorrning, AR2674 is mind blowing, the second spot is very interesting made up of multy umbras , lots of activity between the spots , very bright.

you have to have a look if you get the chance.

theres also some nice but not huge proms around the disc.

heres a qwickly processed pic of the AR.

Clear skys charl.

and a whitelight for luck.

heres AR2672, the seeings got very fazey in the last 10min, think its the thermals up the side of my house playing up because its very hot here.

yer the seeings really droping off now

heres a filament and a unclassed AR, you can see it in the whitelight too.

   

 

[Peter Drew]

Very nice Charl, probably my only chance for a view today!.  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Looks great, Charl. Still grey with rain and drizzle here, although there might be some clear patches later

[ollypenrice]

Great!

Olly

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Peter, hope it clears with you, but here the seeing gone pants now. charl.

 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Michael, hope it improves for you, I'm done for the day now, seeings gone and some clouds arrived, ive got a bit of data to play with to keep me bizzy. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Olly, clear skys mate. charl.

[RayD]

Don't come much better than that Charl.  Thanks very much for sharing.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Charl that is great. I am going to grab my Lunt solar binos for a quick look before I must go out.

[niallk]

Very nice 

I'm off this morning, but a blanket of cloud overhead... 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Ray, your so kind mate. hope you have clear. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Mark, yes mate its too good to miss. hope you have good skys. charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Niallk, hope the weather improves for you, its too good to miss mate. charl. 

[John]

Lovely images !

I might actually get my white light gear out and take a peek 

(supposed to be packing for a holiday though so I've got to tread carefully with the other half )

[xtreemchaos]

thanks John, yes mate its too good to miss, looks amazing WL, have a great holiday. clear skys. charl.

[Paul73]

Cracking image. The view is holding up really well here. Enthralling views. Glad that I decided to work from home after a bad day yesterday. ??. 

Ha only today for me. Very clear and stable (with 3 big showers sending me running for the garden to rescue my gear)....

Lovely images once again.

Paul

[Davesellars]

Nice images!  Yep, I took a look at this one at lunchtime with a white light filter.  It's pretty impressive!  Quite a bit of activity at the moment.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Paul, glad you got some cracking views, i had to pack in about 10.30 with the thermals up the side of my house, hoping for some good skys tomorrow for us all. this is my job, i dont make any money but its good hours with days off when cloudy . charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dave, yes it looked very nice in whitelight, its bizzy on sol, what solar min nobodys told sol. clear skys, charl.

[Peter Drew]

What a difference an afternoon makes!, mostly clear and excellent seeing, wonderful images of the latest AR. Chance at last to try out my latest Ha mod, a 150mm F8 refractor operating as a 120mm F10.   

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Peter, I take it the scope performed well mate, ive been meaning to try the quark with old faithfull "ar127l" at f9.5 I think it would make a good difference to the ed80 when the seeings good, I'm a bit worried with only having a 2inch ir/uv cut filter to hand, think it really needs a front mounted ERF. charl.

[Peter Drew]

Yes Charl, it did work well I'm pleased to say. It has a 70mm internal ERF.   

[niallk]

7 hours ago, xtreemchaos said:

thanks Niallk, hope the weather improves for you, its too good to miss mate. charl. 

Cheers Charl - got a 20min window just before sunset: less than ideal, but the opportunity was eagerly taken  Thanks for the heads up 

Wow: so much variety of detail in several regions around the disc - I love how the plage areas suddenly tune to be highly visible, and some dark delicate filaments! And lots of prominences with some nice little loops in there.  I need to learn all the lingo to describe it properly

I really love this little Lunt 50!