11/03/2010 - Solar sketch.

[THEO-007]

Great filaments today. The number one phainomenon.

Especially at NW over the large but weak magnetic area.

We have a great prominence at South.

Two active region but very small.

The filaments at the north has the greatest view. Enjoy that inside telescope. Great view.

SOLAR SKETCH

[Tiny]

We have been following the various groups for the last week and managed to see them around 11 gmt (universal) this morning though there was a bit of misty cloud about. We found the three groups of fan like to the east of the dino a bit like volcano spouts and the main biggy a bit like a dinosaur with a pile of stuff behind it (it even had 4 legs). It's interesting that the 3 volcanos spouts have really looked 3 dimensional with, on earlier days the 'smoke' blowing across the surface back towards the east. (on filament further north and nearer the edge was doing a similar effect this morning. The large western flare was not so pronounced in our view, and the flare at your 6-7 o'clock was a spout with lots of more nebulous stuff round. The main dino showed a lot of surface detail as did the two white areas to the north. All in all it was a wonderful sight (my poor strained eyeball!

But yours is a real nice sketch and (also) it is nice to see the sun waking up.

[THEO-007]

Thanks buddy for the comments.

[sheri_barri]

That is a stunning sketch! I had to look twice to realise it wasn't a photo! What medium do you do your sketches in? Do you have a solar surface template or is the entire disk shaded during each session. Gorgeous!

Cheers,

Sheri