New Sunspot AR1072

[Merlin66]

The small but noticable sunspot group has now been given an official number - AR1072

Worth looked at, just to get the practise. I'm sure there will be more to follow.

Ken

[yeti monster]

Typical! I've just had to bin my solar filter as when I handed it to my pal to carry, in a placcy carrier bag, he crumpled it up! My own fault for not explaining how delicate it was I suppose..........

[Andrew*]

It's a beauty! I just got out now and saw it. Lovely to see! A little cluster of mini-spots just to the East of the main one.

[brianb]

Indeed .... and the "bar magnet" Ha plage configuration suggests it's not finished developing yet. First decent spot we've had for a while.

The big filament has gone though.

[RikM]

Is it just me or should the main spot be numbered NCC-1701?

Rik

[yeti monster]

Are they "naked eye" spots, as I still have a baader filter for my camera...........

[Totnesdave]

Cool, that's the group I was projecting, sketching and attempting to photograph yesterday through my resurrected 60mm refractor ... certainly very visible and obvious at all magnifications i used from x50 to x150. It has a name

Dave

[brianb]

Are they "naked eye" spots, as I still have a baader filter for my camera...........

No ... but should be visible with binoculars (with appropriate solar film filter of course)

[yeti monster]

So they may, possibly, show up on a zoom shot, maybe, perhaps?

[brianb]

So they may, possibly, show up on a zoom shot, maybe, perhaps?

Worth a try ...

[yeti monster]

My plan for tomorrow.........

[Llamanaut]

been looking at them all day... my first real projected sunspots... fascinating! Im hooked!

[george7378]

I took a look at this spot this morning - it is really well-defined using projection.

[brianb]

Here's a "whole disk" I took this morning ... gives an idea of the scale of the thing

[brianb]

And here's a closeup (0954 UT; WO FLT 110, x4 Imagemate, DMK21)

[Andrew*]

Brian - I like it. I didn't manage to get that much resolution, but still got a great view around 100x...

[bish]

I had a look at the Sun earlier just on the off chance (10x50 bins projected) so was quite surprised to actually see something. Could only just make out two dark patches.

[yeti monster]

If the sun decides to play today, I think they'd show up in a snap shot, just! I'll maybe do a projection too.

[russ]

Just been out and had a look myself. It's a beautiful cluster of sunspots. Superb at 100x with an SP10mm but even better with the 6mm SWA at 166x. The detail within the sunspot group is quite staggering. Used a #56 green filter to enhance the detail, first time i've tried. Really worked out beautifully, the sunspot was far crisper than without and the surface detail easier to see.

A great way to start the day!

[yeti monster]

Huh! Lashing with rain here today, maybe it'll clear up later...................

[Andrew*]

I have tried a #11 which shows up the details slightly better than unfiltered. A #25A red makes it quite difficult to view, but shows up detail quite well as well. I should now try the #56.

I wonder how an OIII filter would act...

Andrew

[russ]

No idea how an OIII would pan out but the #56 is well worth using Andrew. Your 6mm SWA was the star performer this morning! Although the views with the 17mm and 10mm Silvertops ran it close.

[george7378]

Here are my observations at around 12:00 today using projection:

[yeti monster]

I did a projection this lunchtime, which showed the larger spot very well. However, my feeble camera didn't capture so much detail...........

[george7378]

Well, it's moving round the edge of the Sun now, but it was great - it was my first sunspot!