Feb 3rd Sunspot changes

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

Feb 3rd. A cloudy day today only allowed me to take an image at 540 nm of the sunspots on the sun. Four active regions are shown and numbered. I have included an image from a few days ago to show the changes that have taken place in the spots (esp. AR 2936). Our atmosphere was too rough and cloudy today for a Halpha image. Single exposures with a Canon 550d camera attached to a 81 mm WO refractor and herschel wedge. Thanks for viewing.

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Good to see that you are keeping an eye on Sol and fine images thereof. Nicely done .

SOHO magnetic readings are saying that another large active region will be rounding the limb in the next few days.

[Tropo-Bob (Bob)]

Thanks John. This is a great way to see the changes.

[Eris (Gerard)]

John this is a great before and after mix of what AR2936 is up to on the solar surface. Despite the turbulent atmosphere your images are clear and sharp. Well done. Thanks for posting.

[Averton (P and C)]

Good to see your pics John and note the changes we have missed. We haven't seen the sun for days now - just plenty of clouds. Hopefully that should change over the next few days.