FEB 9TH WL, AR3213 PLUS 6 - I FELL OVER BACKWARDS TO GET THIS SHOT - LITERALLY !!

[paulastro]

I went out to try and get a photo of AR3213 at 2.15pm, but was thwarted by a watery sun and lots of cloud.  Just before 3.10, just as the sun brightened, I stepped backwards as there were distant trees  in the way and fell into a ditch by next doors hedge!  I also knocked the camera and the settings went  to a place I had not visited before.

Struggled out onto a path and dashed afew yards along it to a patch of sunlight between two houses.  After panicking for a minute or two, I managed to reset the camera and knock off three single frames before cloud obscured the sun. 

The pic below is one of these frames. Taken at 3.25, Altair 80 ED-R, Olympus E-M5 Mk11, 1/125 at 400 asa.  Info below from spaceweather.com

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by paulastro

[maw lod qan]

The large CME that happened yesterday or the day before, has that spot started around onto the face yet?

[paulastro]

It's probably AR3217 - I think,  Its looking good, worth keeping an eye on it in HA.

Edited February 9, 2023 by paulastro