LOOK AT THE SUN IN WL - CARRINGTON CLASS MASSIVE SUNSPOT.

[paulastro]

Easily visible with naked eye - ONLY WITH CORRECT SOLAR FILTER!!

 

 

[Alan White]

Thanks for this information Paul.

I have observed this already again this morning, I was fortunate to be working from home.

Having read your posting Paul, I dug out my eclipse glasses and just did a naked (protected) eye look, wow that's very notable.
This sun cycle is being quite productive I feel.

I can see that this is a notable event that we are lucky enough to be here to see, wonderful thing this hobby.
 

Edited May 9 by Alan White

[PeterStudz]

Yes, saw it yesterday when it was also visible by eye (eclipse glasses). And in the telescope. Setting the telescope out soon to take another look.

[wookie1965]

I would love to take a picture and sketch this but this is my view. 

[Giles_B]

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like full sun at lunchtime in Bristol

 

[John]

Got my little 70mm frac onto this one with the Herschel wedge 🙂

Bit of a whopper, isn't it 🙂

(apologies for the crummy images - I'm certainly no imager 🙄)

 

Edited May 9 by John

[Nik271]

X class solar flare going on right now!

[PeterStudz]

It’s magnificent! Worth getting a white light filter just for that! Hard to take my eye off it. Mind, I’m suffering here from a hazy/milky sky but here’s a little iPhone snap through my Dob. 
 

[paulastro]

Just been looking in HA with PST and Baader zoom, wow!  Fabulous extensive activity around the active are.  As some else said, very lucky to be able to see it.

[paulastro]

PS Took some snaps with Seestar, will post later.   Still observing with HA now between clouds. 

It's most likely the biggest and most active sunspot most of us have seen.

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, John said:

Got my little 70mm frac onto this one with the Herschel wedge 🙂

Bit of a whopper, isn't it 🙂

(apologies for the crummy images - I'm certainly no imager 🙄)

 

Crummy?  Perhaps I shouldn't post mine in that case. 😂

[JOC]

I've just got the telescope out for the first time in a year and am delighted to report that we have enjoyed seeing the sun flares,  I checked that my cover was securely fastened around the gap in the flex tube and double checked my home-made Bader solar filter which I keep in a special box to keep it safe for pinholes and put it all together with a 9mm Morpheus EP lovely view and my bro was also really interested,  We first held the film up in front of our faces (it is in an 8" cyclinder style holder so quite safe, and can confirm it is indeed a naked eye object with a certified solar film protection, and then viewed with the telescope and can see the whole cluster of little dots - super, thanks for the heads up - an unusual blue sky day here so a nice clear view 😄

[Alan White]

42 minutes ago, paulastro said:

PS Took some snaps with Seestar, will post later.   Still observing with HA now between clouds. 

It's most likely the biggest and most active sunspot most of us have seen.

Indeed it is, glad my diary has me working at home today so I can pop out and have a look see.

[paulastro]

One of many single frames taken with Seestar, this one at 10.45am.  Plenty of activity going on..

[Mark at Beaufort]

Incredible views.

I started with the PST together with the Double Stack and the view of the Prominence is so large.

I then used the SvBony 90mm with the solar filter and my zoom eyepiece with a Continuum filter. The Sun spot is so impressive and being a Carrington type spot we are so.lucky that the sky is being clear.

[Giles_B]

I work at home more through necessity than choice, but wow, this really makes up for it. First time I've had the solar scope out this year. Amazing lunchtime sun-gazing!

[PeterStudz]

47 minutes ago, Giles_B said:

I work at home more through necessity than choice, but wow, this really makes up for it. First time I've had the solar scope out this year. Amazing lunchtime sun-gazing!

My daughter isn’t very well. She’s off school and I was given the task of staying at home to look after her.  Mind, the wife thinks I’m “doing the garden”. I think that when she gets home she might be disappointed!

[wookie1965]

Well manged to get out. 

 

Edited May 9 by wookie1965

[Elp]

Thanks for the heads up, had things to do but kind of like once in a lifetime event so had to look. Did it in WL and HA, images too but will give it a few days to process.

Unprocessed shots:

WL:

HA:

Edited May 9 by Elp

[Captain Scarlet]

Well worth getting the wedge out onto the 105. My phone-pic/video attempts below through moving cloud

Magnus

 

 

Edited May 9 by Captain Scarlet

[scotty1]

I read this earlier 

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/08/30/a-warning-from-history-the-carrington-event-was-not-unique/ 

 

The forecast in the next few days is for a G2 or perhaps G3 geomagnetic storm. 

Edited May 9 by scotty1

[JOC]

Look even I have managed to take some pictures of it - I've got a T ring for the camera body and it just slots into the focusser on the OTA.  These seem good enough for an amateur effort I think 🙂

[Paz]

Having seen this thread I got a scope out for a quick look and took a measurement - about 14.5 ticks long in my Microguide eyepiece (the picture is much worse than the view was). Now I have to dig out the instructions to work out how big that is!

[paulastro]

Pic of whole disc and crop taken this morning with Seestar.  Looks good for the next couple of days.

 

Edited May 9 by paulastro

[Leo S]

1 hour ago, scotty1 said:

I read this earlier 

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2020/08/30/a-warning-from-history-the-carrington-event-was-not-unique/ 

 

The forecast in the next few days is for a G2 or perhaps G3 geomagnetic storm. 

I was also thinking "Carrington" when I saw last night's X-flare, but after the the X-flare earlier today, I'm thinking there's *definitely* quite a bit of plasma headed our way in about 30 hrs!

The NASA model is predicting very high density also. Hopefully this time it'll hit hard, but not too hard! Does anyone happen to know what kind of proton densities would have been associated with the Carrington event?

Edited May 9 by Leo S