Solar Imaging Session - January 6, 2012 (Huge NE Eruptive Prominence Simmers Down !!!)

The sky this morning is again very hazy and seeing condition again is very poor. The Huge NE eruptive prominence that was visible yesterday is still visible but had simmered down a bit in size so I guess very small remnant of this prominence is expected tomorrow morning IMHO. There is a new small AR11393 Sunspot Group that has emerge between AR11392 and AR11391 Sunspot Group. AR11386 Sunspot Group made one last farewell show in the SW limb with a bright flare in the limb. AR11389 and AR11388 Sunspot Group also gave a good solar activity view in the SW quadrant with a nice twirled dark filament.

In white light wavelength, I manage to image AR11391 , AR11389 and AR11388 Sunspot Groups as well as full disk shot amid bad seeing condition. Lastly, I want to bid my fellow solar imager friend Jan Timmermans good bye as I heard from fellow list members in PST Group of his death on January 4th :( With a sad heart, I will miss our friendship since 2007 when I joined the PST Group and we had been in constant communication and sharing notes of our regular solar observations and images. We both rely on each other's observation and images as we are almost +8 time zone difference and this give each other a head start on what to expect when we are setting up for our solar sessions. I would like to extend my sincere condolences to his wife and family. I'm sure Jan will still continue to look up to the sky in heaven with a perfect seeing condition than we here have. Good bye and rest in peace Jan. Will miss your solar images and communications...........