Sol in H⍺ - 29 August 2021

Hughsie · August 29, 2021

Our star today captured before the Bank Holiday clouds rolled in. Presented in RGB and monochrome.

Lunt 60 mm DS TH⍺/B1200CPT telescope.
ZWO ASI174mm camera and tilt adapter.
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro mount.
3x Altair Astro Barlow and 4x TeleVue Powermate where stated.
Images acquired with SharpCap Pro.

Images 1 & 2 - The Sun today. The full solar disc revealing some small prominences on the South East and Western limb, AR12859 in the Northern hemisphere and AR12860 in the Southern hemisphere.

Images 3 & 4 - AR12859 captured using the 3x Altair Astro Barlow. This region is located N22W28 and contains a single sun spot. Classified Hsx. AR12859 has been producing flares, the largest was classified C3.1 which occurred on 20th August 2021.

Images 5 & 6 - AR12859 captured with the 4x Powermate.

Images 7 & 8 - AR12860. This is a massive active region comprising 24 sun spots and classified Eki. On Friday 27th August it was made up of 73 sun spots! This region is located S29W17 and has been producing flare activity, the largest being an M4.8 class flare on 28th August 2021. On Friday 27th August a C3 flares from this region launched a CME that is expected to reach Earth on Monday 30th August 2021. Captured using the 3x Altair Astro Barlow.