JULY 17TH - NOT A GOOD DAY FOR TESTING A SOLAR SCOPE !

[paulastro]

No proms in the PST when I had a quick look this morning!  ☹

Typical, just when we have a run of sunny weather 😄.

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by paulastro

[Hughsie]

As the day gets warmer the seeing is only going to worsen. I was up early doors and there was a large prom in the North West and a new active region AR 12844 in South East right near the edge of the limb. I first thought it was a dust mote until I got a closer view☺️

[Oldfort]

2 hours ago, paulastro said:

No proms in the PST when I had a quick look this morning

I'll second (or is it third) that, at 9.30 BST.

[Craney]

It's one of those  'Laws' ... but hold fast, bide your time,  refine your technique with focus, tracking and the like, because.....

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2021/07/16/farside-explosion-touches-earth/

There is something hurling out CME's  on the Solar far side.....  I'm no Solar boffin, but that could present itself as nice proms and edge detail in a few days time.

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, Hughsie said:

As the day gets warmer the seeing is only going to worsen. I was up early doors and there was a large prom in the North West and a new active region AR 12844 in South East right near the edge of the limb. I first thought it was a dust mote until I got a closer view☺️

Hughsie, I was out from 7.15 to 7.35am in total. Were you observing before me?  I always observe in the early morning or late afternoon myself, if its clear at these times, because of the generally better seeing.

The small AR you mentioned nr the SE limb is probably the one on my sketch.  It looks due S on my sketch because the orientation of my sketches is not adjusted to the changing altitude of the sun as it changes from sunrise to sunset.

Edited July 17, 2021 by paulastro

[Hughsie]

15 minutes ago, paulastro said:

Hughsie, I was out from 7.15 to 7.35am in total. Were you observing before me?  I always observe in the early morning or late afternoon myself, if its clear at these times, because of the generally better seeing.

The small AR you mentioned nr the SE limb is probably the one on my sketch.  It looks due S on my sketch because the orientation of my sketches is not adjusted to the changing altitude of the sun as it changes from sunrise to sunset.

Here is the prom I was referring to. Admittedly I was imaging so if you were visually observing you could have missed it. This was taken at 6 39 UT so 7 39 am BST.

[paulastro]

Yes I might have missed it, as it would be easier to capture it in an image.

Also your pic was taken four minutes after I finished observing, so it may have appeared after I packed up 😁.

[Hughsie]

☺️

Edited July 17, 2021 by Hughsie