Wow... it's been a week since I was last able to image the Sun!
The weather these past seven days has mostly been rainy and cloudy.
Or alternatively cloudy and rainy, depending on how you look at it!
This afternoon the Sun came out, and all was forgiven in an instant.
I took my time observing those two beautiful prominences.
They were so delicate, wonderfully tenuous, definitely ethereal.
Clear Sol Skies
Plenty of solar action this morning, AR 2835 has a wonderful plage display snaking its way around the region.
Also there are a few filaments, which can be just seen in the pictures, but easily spotted with the naked eye.
The Sun here is hot today, though nowhere near as hot as in some parts of the world.
My thoughts are with the people of the Pacific North West, who are experiencing temperatures as high as 46 Celsius at the moment !
A couple of prominences today, plus a very noticeable long filament, with sunspot group 2833 close by.
Seeing not good, and overall solar contrast low.
Difficult to pull out any detail with the IrfanView software.
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...
