A flare and the new Active Region - 6 May 2012

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hello all,

I must say I am getting a tad frustrated with the seeing conditions of late - well the fact that it rained for a month was not cool but when the Sun has been out it looks like I am looking through a waterfall!
I imaged today and although I am always pleased to capture stuff I am not overly impressed with the final products.

The stuff I captured today was AR 11470 and during the session I managed to capture a flare - it is really obvious in the second of the series as a bright blob that fades over the next two images. The four images were taken from 12.30pm to 2pm. It was fun to see!

The other image is of the new Active Region 11476 - the black spot on the limb - this is quite a large sunspot and will be fun to see how it evolves.

Images taken with a DMK31, 2.5 Powermate through the Lunt60SS Hydrogen Alpha scope and processed in Registax.

I hope you enjoy.

[Dennis]

Nice work Matt, despite the poor seeing today. The jet stream has picked up since yesterday when I managed to grab a reasonable AVI.

When I tried today, it had turned to jelly so I didn’t even bother recording anything.

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny (Al)]

Nice work Matt!

The sequence shows the flare well, and its a nice view of the new AR. I captured it yesterday morning but the reasults due to the seeing weren't worth persevering with.

Have you tried imaging at slightly different times of the day? I find about 10am is usually best for me give or take an hour or so. I get nothing but slush after noon. I'd love to try solar imaging on the west coast... maybe less thermals after lunch...

Al.