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The Sun 13-6-09 - Large arch prominence in NE

Only had a short time to image the sun today, but the brief view was worth the effort as there was a large arch prominence on the NE limb. No active regions visible in Ha light but AR11020 is over on the west limb now and extremely small. I am amazed this tiny flux area got an NOAA designation as it was very weak and had no strong spots.

The Sun 4-6-09 - AR11019 Breaking Up

AR11019 appears to be dispersing with the main spots much smaller today and the group becoming widely dispersed. Seeing was terrible along with transparency and this made processing quite a chore.

The Sun 2-6-09 - AR11019 Sunspots Developing

AR11019 continues to grow with the main sunspots noticeably larger now and the two polarities dividing and moving apart. There was a nice tall flame prom near the AR in the NE and another fainter group in the SE.

The Sun 1-6-09 - New AR 11019 has Sunspots!

The new AR in the NE developed fast overnight and now has two large sunspots and numerous pores, it showed up partcularly well with the Herschel Wedge and stacked barlows (2x and 2.5x) and also in CaK. Proms were in the N and SE.

The Sun 31-5-09 - Spectacular tall prominence in NW!

Set up for imaging at 9.55UT and was amazed to see a tall hook shaped prominence in the NW. It looked like a cloud capped spike to start with then the "cloud" slowly curved over to re-connect with the surface. It had faded rapidly by 11.00UT and was gone by 15.00UT. The new AR in the NE still has only one main spot and about 3-4 pores. Tried the Herschel wedge today for the first time imaging and was very pleased with the results, clear granulation, sunspots and pores.

The Sun 30-5-09 - Small new AR in NE

The returning AR 11016 has finally decayed along with the small AR seen last on the 24th. Now there is a new SC24 spot in the NE which already shows one spot. Only three very small proms on show.