What I saw on the Sun today.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

19th August, 7.50am.

Two new, medium spots have appeared in the center of the solar disc. (Region 2858). It looks remarkably like Region 2857 once looked. Region 2857 has now petered out.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

20th August, 2021, 8.30am.

Region 2858 appears as two medium spots with my solar projection. One is rather defuse.

SDO image actually shows the 'defuse' spot as 2 smaller spots.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

21 Aug, 9.20am. No spots visible today.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

23rd August, 8.45am: New Region 2859 has appeared near the Eastern Limb. There is one medium and two small spots, as well as some faculae.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

August 24th, 8.05am. Region 2859 now has a large spot (up from medium yesterday), a small spot and a minor amount of faculae.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

August 25th, 7.30am. A new region has appeared (2860) and has two diffuse looking, medium-sized spots.

Just the one large spot seems to be surviving in Region 2859.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

27th August, 9.10am.

It looks impressive today.

Region 2860 is dominated by two large spots and has many smaller spots.
Region 2859 has now several smaller spots accompanying the one larger spot.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

28th august, 7.45am. An impressive day for sunspots.

Region 2860 has 6 decent-sized spots today, as well as some smaller ones.

In contrast, Region 2859 has again shrunk to just the one spot.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

September 1st, 8.20am.

Region 2860 is close to the Western Limb and appears as 1 large and 3 medium sized spots.

The clouds have been terrible here and I was lucky to briefly see the Sun this morning.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Thanks Bob!
Yeah, after days and days of clouds and high winds, the skies cleared to a light milky background. Enough to tune the MiniSHG.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

September 2nd, 8.45am.

Region 2860 is now a rather fuzzy area that is very close to the Eastern Limb.

Ken- I liked your image yda. We really need a like button.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

September 3, 7.25am.

New Region 2863 has one large spot and one small spot.

The Old Region 2860 is no longer visible.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

September 4th, 9.30am.

New Region 2864 has burst into view. Unfortunately, I could only see the Sun through clouds today and only saw 1 medium-sized Spot.

Region 2863 has one large Spot.

The current SDO image shows that both these Regions have more Spots.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

September 5th, photo 8.00am.

New Regions on the edge as well. I thought an image through my Vixen 80mm ED and Cannon M50 was called for today.

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

After a recent purchase of a solar filter
from Bob and a short message re a promise
to him, I present my first solar image while
there was a gap in the cloud.

Image details:

Glass solar filter
Carton 60mm f/4
ZWO 120MC-S
Asicap via Samsung S10
Prossessed in Snap seed

Slight crop for image presentation.

Thanks for looking.

Paul.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Well done mate!
Looks like you’re of to a good start.

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Thanks for the compliment Ken.

I'm looking forward to trying this area
of observation and imaging.

And of course..its pouring now !

Thems the breaks...

The weather down this way has been pretty
extreme of late.

I take every opportunity I can get.

A quick second process.

Again..thanks.

Paul.

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Today saw much activity.

Conditions improved greatly overnight.

I experimented with a few filters.

This image is with a UV filter.

Prism diagonal reduced FOV slightly.

No cropping.

Paul.

[Outcast (Carlton)]

Bob says it is a great day for Sun Spots, however, he has asked me to advise that he has computer problems and will not be able to post for several days.

Cheers

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

Paul,

I liked your images. I am surprised that your little 60mm achro did so well.