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[Philip Pugh]

Back in action today at 09:00. I could see very little solar detail visually but picked up a prominence at about the 3 o'clock position.

http://philippugh.fo...servations.html

[Philip Pugh]

I saw the Sun from Holland today. I saw one large prominence and one small one but only managed to capture granulation features.



Most of my class saw the Sun in hydrogen alpha light for the first time.

[Philip Pugh]

I checked the Sun from Holland mid-morning and at lunchtime and it was very quiet with no prominences and very little surface detail.

[Philip Pugh]

Prom at 9 o'clock today just after mid-day. Otherwise fairly quiet. I'll do the snaps later.

[Philip Pugh]

I don't have any kit with me today but Big Bear shows nothing in "white light" and there's a small prominence at 11 o'clock in H alpha and a filament about 1-2 o'clock near the limb.



I don't think either will be visible in a PST but could be in a larger Coronado or Solarscope.

[Philip Pugh]

2 small proms at about 3 o'clock, otherwise quiet.

[Philip Pugh]

Thanks, Brian B for alerting us to the sunspot. I checked the Big Bear pictures today and there's 2 in a small active region.



I think they'll be below resolution of my 15x70 binoculars but it looks cloudy here, so I won't be able to confirm.



Still, its nice to see some action again.

[Philip Pugh]

A small sunspot pair is just about visible but the disc is otherwise quite quiet but there's some nice prominences at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock.

Yesterday's pictures didn't show much.

http://philippugh.fo...servations.html

[Philip Pugh]

I caught some proms today:



http://philippugh.fo...servations.html



Anyone caught it with anything bigger than PST?

[adrian]

Yes I did how do I upload my pics

[adrian]

THe first was the 28 and this is from the 29 september

[Philip Pugh]

I've managed to get some UK astronomers to add some stuff here:

http://forum.skyatni...78&mpage=1&key=

[Philip Pugh]

THe first was the 28 and this is from the 29 september

Nice shots, Adrian. Firstly, what kit and processing techniques do you use?

[Philip Pugh]

I was away in Oslo last week, without my beloved PST. I tried to see the sunspot but it was too small to resolve in my binoculars.

Its clouded out today.

You may find the following useful:

http://philippugh.fo...yingtheSun.html

[Philip Pugh]

I managed my first hydrogen alpha view today since my return to England. I saw a prominence at both the top and bottom of the solar disc.

I'll post the photos later.

[adrian]

Thanks, Philip.
For those pics I use my PST and my nikon coolpix 4500, on sepia mode and then I open it w/photoshop adjust levels>unsharp mask>curves.
Adrian.

[Philip Pugh]

Took some shots today:

http://philippugh.fo...servations.html

I didn't see the prominence but captured it on photo.

[Philip Pugh]

I saw some small proms at about 10 o'clock an hour ago and the surface was quiet.

I haven't processed the shots, though.

[Philip Pugh]

I still haven't process the shots (bit busy) but had a look yesterday. It was rather quiet, with a hint of a filament near the centre.



The main sun viewing season is over but I'm hoping for a few lunchtime visits. However, I expect to be rather quiet for the next 2 weeks.

[Philip Pugh]

Just loaded photos from 29th and today. I managed to get some surface granularity in some of the close-ups and a small hint of a prominence that I missed visually on 29th.

All in Latest Observations and Photobucket.

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