Saturday, November 12, 2011

Solar Imaging Session - November 12, 2011 (2 Huge Eruptive Prominences & Numerous Large Dark Filaments !!! )

The sky this morning is again clear and seeing is also good as well. Since there are 2 huge eruptive prominences in the NE and SE limb, I was curious if it will still be visible or gone. When I pointed the PST-Ha on the Sun, Whoa! It has grown huge specially the one in the SE limb! Yesterday, it looks like a toppled Xmas tree and now it looks bigger and wider and has lots of curls in its structure! The one in the NE limb is now narrower in length but has grown taller! Both are a sight to behold!

Lots of large and long dark filaments can be seen in the NE quadrant as well as SE quadrant. AR11339 Sunspot Group show some small flare activity inside its core. AR11338, AR11344 and AR11345 Sunspot regions shows lots of activities specially AR11344 which has grown in size and structures as well!

In white light, AR11339 has shrunk considerably and undergoing Wilson Effect as well as nearing the eastern limb. Rest of the sunspot groups are stable and almost the same as before in size and structure except AR11344 Sunspot Group which shows a beautiful numerous pore structure is also very photogenic IMHO. There are 9 Sunspot Groups on the Sun and the latest one in the eastern limb which is still not yet designated but I presume it will be designated AR11346 maybe tomorrow.











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