Solar Imaging Session - February 7, 2013 (Large Proms !!!)

The sky this morning is hazy and seeing condition is fair only. AR11667 Sunspot Group had simmered down after a huge bright flare eruption yesterday morning but some small residues can still be seen on the group. Numerous huge prominences can be seen in the NE, SE and SW limb! The long dark filament between AR11667 and AR11665 Sunspot Groups is still visible.

Solar Imaging Session - February 6, 2013 ( Bright Flare in AR11667 Sunspot Group!!!)

The sky this morning is slightly hazy and seeing condition is fair. What caught my attention this morning is for me to be able to observe a nice bright flare eruption on AR11667 Sunspot Group which produces an inky-dark plume of plasma spiralling away from the explosion! It was a joy to monitor it as well as image the event. AR11667 Sunspot Group was silent for the past few days and the outburst this morning is a welcome treat for me :) Based on spaceweather.com " The magnetic canopy of decaying sunspot AR1667 erupted this morning (Feb. 6th @ 00:21 UT), producing a long duration C9-class solar flare and hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. According to first-look images from NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft, the CME appears to be heading in the general direction of Earth. If so, the likely time of arrival would be Feb. 8-9. " Several huge long dark filament are visible in between AR11667 and AR11665 Sunspot Groups. Large prominences are also visible in the SE, SW and NW limb that are worth observing. I was able to image both AR11667 and AR11665 Sunspot Group at high resolution in white light wavelength. A nice observing and imaging session this morning for me!!!

Solar Imaging Session - February 5, 2013

The sky this morning is cloudy but I was able to get one shot of the surface detail through my PST-Ha which shows a lot of long dark filaments in between AR11667 and AR11665 Sunspot Groups. There is also a nice size eruptive prominence visible in the NW limb but clouds got in the way and I had to call it a day as i have to go to work.

House Birding Session - February 4, 2013

While I was busy processing my solar images in the afternoon, I saw birds chirping near my window so I brought out my Canon EOS 500D DSLR with Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 set at 400mm f/6.3 to image it before it flies away :)

Solar Imaging Session - February 4, 2013

The sky this morning is clear but seeing condition is not that good. 2 moderate size sunspot groups namely AR11667 and AR11665 Sunspot Groups are the interesting groups on the Sun right now. Numerous large dark filaments are also visible between the 2 groups. Several group of large eruptive prominences are also visible in the SE limb. The Sun is getting quiet again but I do hope there will be a new alrge group that will spiced up the quiet Sun in the days to come.

Solar Imaging Session - January 27, 2013

The sky this morning is clear but seeing condition is fair. With AR11660 Sunspot Group gone, there are only 3 sunspot group visible on the Sun with another possible new active region developing in the NW limb. There are several huge faint hedgerow prominences in the SE, SW and NW limb. I got to also image in AR11662 as well as new AR11663 Sunspot Group in white light high resolution.

Solar Imaging Session - January 25, 2013 (Huge Proms All Over !!!)

The sky this morning is clear and seeing condition is surprisingly good. Haven't got good seeing condition for a long while already so this morning is a blessing for me. Although not that perfect but good enough for me for now. There are several huge prominences that are visible in all 4 quadrants of the Sun's disk with the one near AR11660 Sunspot Group being the tallest and biggest than the rest of the visible prominences this morning. It looks like a dragon floating above the Sun's NW limb ! I was also able to image AR11660 and AR11662 Sunspot Group in close up white light wavelength as well.