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[Philip Pugh]

Although the Sun is still quite quiet, I just saw a small prominence at about 4 o'clock and a small active region near the north pole. It didn't show in white light, though.

It's nice to get my PST out of the cupboard again!!!

[Philip Pugh]

Cloudy and wet weather have brought my solar observations almost to a standstill. I looked out at 12:35 today and could see some granulation features but nothing else. Low elevation doesn't help.

I'll post the pics on my website later but in the meantime, I've started this:

http://philippugh.fo...VideoClips.html

Please post any suggestions here.

[Philip Pugh]

The close ups show some prominences:



http://philippugh.fo..._SunHAlpha.html



You can get the full size pics via my Photobucket album

[Philip Pugh]

I checked out the Sun at 12:30 today. Despite the "clear" sky, the solar image was shimmering. I could see very little detail at all but took some snaps just in case I can detect something.



I also recorded a 5 min video introducing the PST.



However, neither are available yet, due to PC difficulties.

[Philip Pugh]

I've done one full disc shot showing proms and another with surface detail.



In the quadrant shots, I was able to capture some surface detail on one hemisphere but not the other.



http://s197.photobuc...05/PhillipPugh/

[Philip Pugh]

I tried today at 11:45. Some granulation features were visible but nothing came out in the photos. The conditions were very poor. I should have tried earlier when it was clear but waited for the Sun to get higher in the sky.

[Philip Pugh]

It was very quiet today and only minor granulation features were visible.

[Philip Pugh]

I managed to see the Sun today. There were no sunspots and very little surface details in hydrogen alpha.

Check my Latest Observations on my website for details.

[Philip Pugh]

Weather and illness haven't helped the last few days but you may be interested in checking out the Jan 6th entry from here:

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

[Philip Pugh]

I took some snaps today and the disc seemed busier but I couldn't see any prominences (although some small ones were reported in larger instruments):

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

For those of you interested in finding out more about solar observation:

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

[Philip Pugh]

Added some more shots on Jan 17th but it was very quiet:

http://philippugh.fo..._SunHAlpha.html

I'm away on business in Athens and viewing conditions are very poor.

[Philip Pugh]

I finally got a look at the Sun again after a 15 day wait but it appeared very quiet, with just granulation features visible.

Photos in usual place.

[Philip Pugh]

I managed another look today. Although the Sun appeared quiet visually, some prominences came out in the close-ups:

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

[Philip Pugh]

Conditions were poor but I managed to catch a prom at about one o'clock:

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

[Philip Pugh]

I didn't see any prominences visually but one came out in the photo of the bottom right quadrant (probably NW!?). I saw quite a lot of granulation but no plages, filaments, etc.

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

[Philip Pugh]

It was quiet today but I managed a look after missing a few days with weather and business travel.

[Philip Pugh]

I saw some proms this morning but haven't processed the photos yet.

[Philip Pugh]

Well at last, after 12 VERY long days, I finally managed to see the Sun today. I saw some sunspot-like features in H alpha, although they didn't come out in the snaps. When I detuned the frequency, they disappeared, so were probably very small filaments.

[Philip Pugh]

Checked the Sun with my PST before work today but very little was visible, just granulation features and no prominences.

[Philip Pugh]

The prominence I'd seen visually didn't come out well. Although it had a beautiful shape, it came out badly, as it was faint. However, another came out at 5 o'clock that I hadn't seen and there were some filaments on the surface. I took 10 shots in all:



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