Sun spot: 930

[CoombellKid]

930 is putting on a lovely display today,

In the PST it is showing three filaments protruding, with a couple of
stranglers, one to the south and another to the west (if that's the
direction the sunpots travel, I never been able to remember which side
is which) one rather nice sized Prom can be seen, with a bunch of fainter
ones to the south. There a few minor ones on the other limb that may
turn into something.

930 is also looking spectacular in white light, with several speckles of what
looks like mini spots forming in the penumbra.

930 appears to be growing in size, but this could be that it is slowly turning
to face us. I'm sure the orbiting satelite community are keep an eye on this
one

regards,CS sunny days

Rob

[stephenmcnelley]

Thanks for the heads up Rob, If the cloud here clears -Ha! we will check out the shape of the spots at least with the solar film filter.

A PST will have to be the wish of another christmas.
Your description sounds very enticing.

[erick]

Don't need any filters here this morning - heavy smoke has rolled over Melbourne again. The sun is a faint red ball. I have no binoculars to hand, but I'm sure I can see by eye a very distinct sunspot just NW of centre. Am I right?

EDIT - Duhh! Eric - just look at the image on the left of the Forum - Yep! a big sun spot should be visible! It's probably even sunspot 930?http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs/20061212_0448_mdi_igr.gif

[vespine]

yes! I came on here to look if anyone else had seen the sun spot:) I'm guessing we're very privelaged to have seen such a great sun spot with the naked eye!:) I bet not too many people get that chance.

[erick]

Special Club, Vespine! Not bad for the ultra-amateur that is me! :whistle:

[danielsun]

Yes i seen it from work today!!!!! With all the smoke haze the sun was easily visable with the naked eye today as a big orangey red ball and yes i got very excited when i seen a giant sunspot slightly NW off centre with the naked eye!!!!

[glenc]

The solar tsunami (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/12/11/tsunami_spa.html?category=space&guid=20061211094500) spread at nearly one million kilometers per hour, and circled the entire Sun (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/sun.html) in a matter of minutes.
See APOD today for a movie of this.