Solar Activity November 15th

[brianb]

Another frustrating day with the Sun playing hide & seek with thickish high cloud (& mostly winning).

White Light: The disk was not quite blank; I could see a small patch of faintish faculae near the east limb, associated with returning AR1029.

Hydrogen alpha: There were three patches of plage visible; AR1029 at the east limb, a patch which appears to be a developing active area to its north west and another less active one near the meridian (which does not appear in the following image)

2009 Nov 15, 1417 UT. Solarscope 60 @ f/16

Poor transparency did not prevent me from seeing a magnificent set of prominences on the NE limb:

2009 Nov 15, 1415 UT. Solarscope 60 @ f/16

Calcium K: The plage associated with the "new" AA was seen to contain a minute spot, no more than a pore really, which I'd overlooked in white light. Sorry for the poor quality of this image but the Sun was getting very low and there was quite a thick layer of altocumulus in my line of sight.

2009 Nov 15, 1433 UT. 60mm, Lunt CaK B1200, f/16.7

Transparency poor to awful, seeing poor (but surprisingly good given the low altitude and the unstable airstream currently afflicting this part of the world).