MASSIVE SUNSPOT AR2936 NEAR CENTRE OF DISC - GREAT IN WL AND HA

[johninderby]

Hopefully will have moved around enough by tomorrow to get a better idea. 🙏🏼

[Stu]

29 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Hopefully will have moved around enough by tomorrow to get a better idea. 🙏🏼

Pretty sure it’s part of the same AR. The other one has two smaller spots following it as well.

[JOC]

I've setup and we've all seen it.  In my obviously upside down view of the sun it's appearing in the sort of 6-7 O'Clock position in from the edge - like a shaking of ink in an untidy pattern.  In my view I am also getting a single dot in the 11 O'clock position close the edge.  Interesting - the first time the disc has ever been more than plain yellow when I've looked at it.  First time the Scope's been out in over a year too!  I get just about the whole sun in with the Baader 14mm - and can get a good close look up to around Baader 6.5mm, but it's nice around 9mm and 12mm.  Now I know why I prefer looking at sun, it's still damn cold out there, but warmer than watching the stars!!  Though as I've got the scope out now I might have a peek at the stars later too.

[Stu]

15 minutes ago, JOC said:

I've setup and we've all seen it.  In my obviously upside down view of the sun it's appearing in the sort of 6-7 O'Clock position in from the edge - like a shaking of ink in an untidy pattern.  In my view I am also getting a single dot in the 11 O'clock position close the edge.  Interesting - the first time the disc has ever been more than plain yellow when I've looked at it.  First time the Scope's been out in over a year too!  I get just about the whole sun in with the Baader 14mm - and can get a good close look up to around Baader 6.5mm, but it's nice around 9mm and 12mm.  Now I know why I prefer looking at sun, it's still damn cold out there, but warmer than watching the stars!!  Though as I've got the scope out now I might have a peek at the stars later too.

Glad you saw it. Can you see the ones circles in this image? There are two new active regions right on the edge, and a small smattering of dots in the circle on the disk which is another AR. Plenty going on. Not sure if you can see the faculae in your scope, bright wiggly lines around the ARs near the limb.

[Mark at Beaufort]

I am clouded out so hopefully get another view tomorrow.

[Stu]

Sun still in and out here so will keep looking. Her ladyship wants the lawn mowing though, and unfortunately I’ve just had the mower repaired so no more excuses! 🤣

[Roy Challen]

I managed to catch all these features in a half-hour session before the clouds returned. Some nice proms on view too.

[JOC]

14 minutes ago, Stu said:

Can you see the ones circles in this image?

Exciting - yes, with them pointed out I've found all those @Stu 😄  Missed the picture of my life too - about 5 mins ago I tried to take a photo and the camera ran out battery so I ran it in and its on charge, but as I was looking at those new sun spots an airplane flew right across the middle of the face of the sun as I watched - woosh!! and left a huge trail behind across the face of the sun - if only I'd have had the camera still attached - mind you it went so quickly I reckon I'd have missed it!

NB.  Thanks also for turning the photo upside down it made finding them a lot easier!

Edited January 30, 2022 by JOC

[Stephenstargazer]

Clear spell in Leics this morning but unfortunately not got scope and wedge here! Consoled myself with a visit to:

https://www.solarham.net/index.htm

Which I find great as he brings so much data together. There is a video of 2936 developing in the AR section.

[paulastro]

The weather forecast was correct!

Here's a single frame taken this morning with the Tecnosky 102ED and Olympus at 9.40 this morning.  It also showsthe new spot coming round the limb.

 

[RT65CB-SWL]

Despite passing through clouds, (and some chromatic aberration), here is my contribution...

note: North is up - East is left.

Full disc image of the Sun showing AR2396 taken with my iPhone 12 handheld over the eyepiece at 13:47GMT/UTC today.

Equipment used: TeleVue Ranger, Lunt solar/Herschel wedge, AstroBoot 18mm WA e/p - I did not use my Baader solar continuum or single polarising filters.

Edited in MS-Photos app to convert from .HEIC to .JPG and no other processing apps/tools used.

Edited January 31, 2022 by Philip R

[JOC]

I also had a try, but it's much more difficult than I thought it would be to get it in focus:  Cannon Rebel T3 (1100D) Afocally on the telescope - auto exposure

 

[Kon]

That's my contribution from my 8" Dob. Seeing was really nice today.

[Stu]

1 hour ago, paulastro said:

The weather forecast was correct!

Here's a single frame taken this morning with the Tecnosky 102ED and Olympus at 9.40 this morning.  It also showsthe new spot coming round the limb.

 

Great shots Paul. You’ve got the second new AR too, nice one.

Done for the day here, best views were definitely this morning, the seeing was very nice then.

 

[PeterStudz]

Sadly I missed the fun as I was busy all day. I do have some spare time tomorrow, Monday, but the forecast doesn’t look great

[Pete Presland]

Didn't get a chance to see it, despite the beautiful blue skies most of the day 🙂 Good to plenty of people on here got some decent views of it, certainly a superb looking active region.

[Littleguy80]

Thanks so much for the heads up on this. Had some really nice white views of this. Picked up all the spots and then checked Space Weather to see if I'd missed any. The large AR was particularly impressive. Lots of interesting detail to pick out.

[paulastro]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

Great shots Paul. You’ve got the second new AR too, nice one.

Done for the day here, best views were definitely this morning, the seeing was very nice then.

 

Many thanks Stu, I hadn't noticed the second one 😊

[Stu]

3 hours ago, Kon said:

That's my contribution from my 8" Dob. Seeing was really nice today.

Great shot Kon, the seeing was very good today, some excellent detail on show and you’ve caught it very well 👍

[maw lod qan]

Got out for a few minutes to get a quick view, only to find the 12v battery I'm using dead.

But I did get to view the big spot.

In the short time couldn't see the new ones though.

[JAC51]

Here are my efforts at drawing the main group.  Tak FS60CB, Baader Herschel Prism with Continuum filter, 12mm & 8 mm Brandon and 9mm Morpheus. 

[Stu]

5 minutes ago, JAC51 said:

Here are my efforts at drawing the main group.  Tak FS60CB, Baader Herschel Prism with Continuum filter, 12mm & 8 mm Brandon and 9mm Morpheus. 

Nice ones @JAC51. I did think about sketching but it was very complex so didn’t even know where to start!

[wookie1965]

Cloudy all day here now high winds and torrential rain I can only cross my fingers for tomorrow. 

[johninderby]

Was a bit wobbly this morning but when it steadied had great views of all the spots. Tremendous detail on the big group. The Tecnosky 125 and Lacerta wedge are giving me the best white light views I’ve ever had. Proving to be the perfect combo. 🙂🙂🙂

[Space Hopper]

Didn't have time to set up a scope this morning before work, so it was a quick session with my 15x50 binocs with homemade Baader Solar film filter.

But even through the binocs they were a spectacular sight