Solar Imaging Session - September 17, 2011 (11 Sunspot Groups and Huge Eruptive Prominence !!!)

The sky this morning is slightly clear and seeing condition is better than yesterday's awful condition. Whoa! There are 11 sunspot groups today! One of the most that I had ever viewed in many years of my solar observation and imaging sessions!

AR11289 Sunspot Group is still big and is now starting to undergo Wilson effect near the NW limb together with AR11291 & AR11293 Sunspot Groups.

AR11290 and AR11297 Sunspot Groups are also near the SW limb's edge and probably be gone tomorrow or the next. But my attention is concentrated on the AR11295/11296/11298 Sunspot Group in the NE quadrant as it displays a good amount of solar activities both in Ha and white light!!! Adding spice to the NE limb area is a huge looped eruptive prominence and another large eruptive prominence!

Solar Imaging Session - September 16, 2011 (Darn Clouds !!!)

The sky this morning was very cloudy and is almost clouded out. I was hoping to image the Sun to check out the size and structure of both AR11289 and active AR11295/96 Sunspot Groups but unfortunately, the Sun is playing hide and seek with me the whole imaging session to the point I had to quit as I'm running late for work!

Amid very bad seeing condition where I had a hard time even trying to focus on AR11289 as the image wobbles in and out of focus that will frustrate anyone in my position this morning. Nevertheless, I still try to hold on and try to get the best out of the very bad images and can manage to show AR11289 Sunspot Group's image below:



Better luck again tomorrow I guess, Not happy with the final image but still feel ok at least I could still share AR11289 Sunspot Group for others to view amid bad seeing condition.

Solar Imaging Session - September 15, 2011 (7 Sunspot Groups!)

The sky this morning was cloudy and I have given up hope to image the Sun . But as I was about to go to office, I suddenly saw the Sun peering out from the hazy sky. Even though the seeing condition was terrible, I still can't resist myself to still try to image the Sun even only in Ha wavelength. AR11289 Sunspot Group continues to grow a bit in size, solar activity inside its core is very small. AR11295 and 11296 Sunspot Group was surprisingly very active amid its relative small sizes! There are a total of 7 sunspot groups on the Sun although only AR11289 Sunspot is big. Rest are small pecks group IMHO.

When I was trying to image the Sun in white light, I got clouded out again and since I'm already running late fro work. I had to quit and fight another day :(

Solar Imaging Session - September 15, 2011 (7 Sunspot Groups!)

The sky this morning was cloudy and I have given up hope to image the Sun . But as I was about to go to office, I suddenly saw the Sun peering out from the hazy sky. Even though the seeing condition was terrible, I still can't resist myself to still try to image the Sun even only in Ha wavelength. AR11289 Sunspot Group continues to grow a bit in size, solar activity inside its core is very small. AR11295 and 11296 Sunspot Group was surprisingly very active amid its relative small sizes! There are a total of 7 sunspot groups on the Sun although only AR11289 Sunspot is big. Rest are small pecks group IMHO.

When I was trying to image the Sun in white light, I got clouded out again and since I'm already running late fro work. I had to quit and fight another day :(

Solar Imaging Session - September 13, 2011 (6 Sunspot Groups)

The sky this morning is clear and seeing condition is better than the past weeks. AR11289 Sunspot Group is the main attraction on the solar disk with 5 more sunspot groups more or less evenly distributed on both east and western areas of the Sun.

AR11289 Sunspot Group shoes also a nice light bridge as seen clearly in white light wavelength as well as in Ha light with smaller AR11290 and AR11292 Sunspot also showing smaller light bridges as well.

There is also a nice group of eruptive prominences that is located in the Northern limb of the Sun.

This is one of the few times that I can view more than 5-6 sunspot group in a given day for the past several years already. Although they are not that big in size, it tends to excite one's appetite to look for more solar activity in the days to come.

Solar Imaging Session - September 13, 2011 (6 Sunspot Groups)

The sky this morning is clear and seeing condition is better than the past weeks. AR11289 Sunspot Group is the main attraction on the solar disk with 5 more sunspot groups more or less evenly distributed on both east and western areas of the Sun.

AR11289 Sunspot Group shoes also a nice light bridge as seen clearly in white light wavelength as well as in Ha light with smaller AR11290 and AR11295 Sunspot also showing smaller light bridges as well.

There is also a nice group of eruptive prominences that is located in the Northern limb of the Sun.

This is one of the few times that I can view more than 5-6 sunspot group in a given day for the past several years already. Although they are not that big in size, it tends to excite one's appetite to look for more solar activity in the days to come.

Solar Imaging Session - September 13, 2011 (6 Sunspot Groups)

The sky this morning is clear and seeing condition is better than the past weeks. AR11289 Sunspot Group is the main attraction on the solar disk with 5 more sunspot groups more or less evenly distributed on both east and western areas of the Sun.

AR11289 Sunspot Group shoes also a nice light bridge as seen clearly in white light wavelength as well as in Ha light with smaller AR11290 and AR11295 Sunspot also showing smaller light bridges as well.

There is also a nice group of eruptive prominences that is located in the Northern limb of the Sun.

This is one of the few times that I can view more than 5-6 sunspot group in a given day for the past several years already. Although they are not that big in size, it tends to excite one's appetite to look for more solar activity in the days to come.