Active Sun?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Looks like there might be something happening on Sol.

[casstony]

It does seem to be more active in recent weeks. The feature that caught my eye this morning was a beautiful arching prominence, though there's quite a bit else happening too: active regions, filaments, a vast cloud of gas in one area (not sure what the technical term for that is). It's a good time to get that Ha instrument before our dollar reverses course.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I'll see what surface detail I can pick up using my white light film.

[Paul Haese]

JJJ our star has been more active in the last month or so and it now seems like cycle 24 is well under way. By this time next year I am expecting that that daily sunspot number will be around 40-50. It is between 20-30. That might seem like a lot but in reality it means there are 2-3 active regions on the surface at present.

[mozzie (Peter)]

jjj and paul lets hope next year shows heaps of activity

mozzie