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Merlin66
11-05-2009, 06:33 AM
Guys,
Just a heads up that there are two VERY active areas just coming into view and it looks like a tremendous potential site for sunspots... There's a "core" visible in the one nearest the limb which, by the time you have sunrise in Oz could be a significanr sunspot.....
Now would be a good time to check out those solar filters and PST's.
Let me know what you find.
sheeny
11-05-2009, 08:19 AM
Thanks Ken.

I'll have a look!

Al.
jjjnettie
11-05-2009, 08:20 AM
Thanks very much for the heads up Merlin.
sheeny
11-05-2009, 11:09 AM
I've had a look this morning. If there's spots there I can't resolve them with the PST, but it looks like an interesting part of the sun. Contorted detail, plague and filaments...:thumbsup: worth watching!

Al.
jjjnettie
11-05-2009, 11:53 AM
This is what I saw this morning. Definite potential here.
Dam hard to get accurate focus.
Canon 20d
SW ED 80
Mini Tower
29 frames ISO 100
exposure 8000th sec
Stacked in Registax, resized in CS3

(yes I know I have a filthy sensor)
sheeny
11-05-2009, 01:06 PM
Nice one JJJ!

Shows up the brightest part of the active area well. In the PST the area around that shows lots of promise too. There was a ring of plague roughly outlining the detail you've captured there.

What sort of filter did you use for that shot?

Al.
jjjnettie
11-05-2009, 02:37 PM
It's just a generic white light filter Al.
casstony
11-05-2009, 04:27 PM
No spots late in the day. Very interesting active areas but I think Sol is just teasing us.
Jazza11
11-05-2009, 04:34 PM
Looks like we may be in luck looking at the SOHO imagers i really need to get a solar filter lol
spacezebra
11-05-2009, 07:31 PM
This is good news Ken! Thanks for the heads-up!

Cheers Petra d.
alphamone
13-05-2009, 08:06 AM
yay, something to use my solar filter on. (that is, before i see the eclipse in july when I am in china)
bird
13-05-2009, 10:59 AM
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17102-solar-cycle-will-be-weakest-since-1928-forecasters-say.html
Spanrz
17-05-2009, 12:41 PM
Ok, here's a sunspot that has just appeared.
Funny, it's a weird shape. Never seen a Sunspot like this before :eyepop:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/347013main_image_1354_full.jpg
casstony
19-05-2009, 12:29 AM
SOHO is now showing a group of small spots - have to get out bright and early tomorrow :)