Solar Imaging Session - February 9, 2010 (3 Sunspot Groups Now !!!)

Hello:

The sky this morning is hazy and seeing was a bit poor! Nevertheless, I still proceeded tom image the Sun. In H-Alpha light, AR 11045 still show some good activity still as well as AR 11046. Unfortunately, I overlooked my yesterday's solar image that AR 11047 was in the SE limb thus I forgot to image it today :( Two nice eruptive prominences can also be seen near the NE limb near AR 11046.

In white light whole disk. I can see the 3 sunspot groups while in the closeup shot of AR 11045, I notice the group has grown in length a bit but the central portion of the group is starting to decay so I'm expecting tomorrow the middle part of the group will have lesser spot at the middle portion :(

AR 11046 shows nice faculae region but the group has only a few small spots only so it might not last too long IMHO. I will try to image AR11047 for sure tomorrow.

Solar Imaging Session - February 8, 2010 (AR 11045 Sunspot Group Grows Bigger and New Emerging AR 11046 Group

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I'm not feeling well this morning maybe due to yesterday's activities so didn't report for work. Nevertheless, I still cannot restrain myself to still take a short peek at the Sun to see how AR 11045 is doing. From my observation, AR11045 has grown a little larger than yesterday and can be considered a large sunspot group already! I quickly snap a few shots of the Sun which have many prominences in almost all of its limb area :)

Another development is the re-emerging of AR 11042 (renamed AR11046) in the NE limb. I didn't image it at high resolution in white light yet as I spend my time trying to pull my remaining energy to get a good shot of AR11045 at High resolution. Seeing was not that good though.

In Ha light, AR 11045 was a sight to behold with its complex twisting bright plages encircling the group. The long dark filament that was visible yesterday remains visible. I'm hoping AR 11045 will grown in size and structure even more tomorrow.

Solar Imaging Session - February 7, 2010 (New AR 11045 Sunspot Group and Large Eruptive Prominences !!!)

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I was able to wake up early this morning and saw the sky is clear. Seeing is fair and when I looked through the PST-Ha, I was able to saw new large sunspot group AR 11045 near the middle of the solar disk. Adding to the great view was a beautiful dark filament near the group as well as a beautiful large eruptive prominence all. The trio fit beautifully in the Ha image that I took afterwards.

After the Ha imaging, I switch to whitelight wavelength to observe and image the AR11045. Seeing was still bad but I nevertheless image the group as well as in close up shot.

Solar Imaging Session - February 5, 2010 (Another Huge Prominence!)

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The sky this morning was a bit hazy and seeing was bad. Nevertheless, I still proceeded with imaging the Sun both on Ha and white light. With the PST-Ha, there was a huge eruptive prominence visible on the SE limb. AR11043 continue to deteriorate and its appearance both on Ha and PST is unsatisfactory with added burden of poor seeing.

As I was imaging AR11043, I think I was able to see a small spot on the groups lower left and I presume this will be designated 11044. Another interesting observation is a possible active region emerging from the NE limb. Looks active. Let's see in the days tom come if this will materialize into a sunspot group.

Solar Imaging Session - February 3, 2010 (Huge Eruptive Prominences!!!)

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I wake up a bit late this morning was a bit groggy but still manage to set myself for another solar imaging session. Seeing was fair this morning though. As I point the PST toward the Sun, I was surprised to see a very bright and large eruptive prominence giving me a good morning greeting! Since Im running out of time already, I quickly image the bright eruptive prominence asap. Afterwards, I scan the solar limb for more prominences, I was able to see another fainter huge looped prominence as well and managed to image it as well. The boring AR11043 sunspot group is still not beautiful in Ha light but has a better photo appeal through the white light wavelength. Unfortunately, the small components of the group are all gone and only the main component of the group is still visible. I estimate the group will decay even more tomorrow .... :(

Solar Imaging Session - February 2, 2010

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The sky this morning was a bit hazy but nevertheless, I was able to image the Sun as well as new sunspot group, AR 11043. The group was not that impressive like AR 11041 in faculae structure. Maybe it is still too early to say that activity inside the group will not increase int he days to come which I hope it will....

In white light, AR 11043 shows good possibility of getting bigger in the days come. Some granulation can be seen in the solar surface.

Solar Imaging Session - January 30, 2010

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The sky this morning is a bit hazy but since i can still see the Sun. I proceeded to check out AR 11041 if it is still there. The sunspot group had undergone tremendous reduction in size from a nice looking group to almost a speck yesterday. Well, I had to hard timing locating first the group as I thought it had disappeared already. But careful inspection and patience help me locate it!

My golly, it is almost a small dot already at closeup shot :) LOL Although I could still see a small speck feature. I'm sure tomorrow it will not be there anymore...... so goodbye AR 11041!

But in Ha light, I could easily see the group because it still possesses some small activity inside its core compare to the white light images and observation. Aside from the group, another interesting feature of the Sun this morning is a nice large eruptive prominence which resembles the famous "Horsehead Nebula". I refer to it as Horsehead Prominence :) LOL