Monday, 7 March 2022

Today's Sol in Ha light.


March 7th 2022 ~ 12h26mUT

Lots of Ha activity today. Plus as a bonus a beautiful prominence  around the 240 degree area!

Sky blue a plenty this afternoon. 

SFI hovering around 120 - SN about 77 

With the K Index currently hovering around  five  it's a good time  to keep a look out for possible aurorae! 

The Sun has definitely woken up!



Saturday, 5 March 2022

Sol image - March 5th 2022.


Scudding clouds this morning, cleared up around midday, a beautiful afternoon for solar observing.

PST working well today, it revealed several good prominences and two big sunspot groups, and a few filaments. 

Still processing the filament pictures, will post them and a white light image tomorrow.



Sol image ~ 05/03/22


Here's a Sol white image from today's observing session. 

The afocal method seems fine for quick solar shots.

When the West wind blows.

There's some windy stormy weather heading towards Pembrokeshire over the next few days. Looks as if I might not have a clear night for a...