The Sun 28-4-08

Today seemed like deja vu with cloud and rain in the morning and a clear sunny afternoon. The same extended to the sun where the east limb was very quiet again and only small quiescent proms generally visible in the north south and west. On the surface the filament group seen yesterday was less prominent and was initially split into one long and two short lengths. These then merged into two main filaments that almost joined each other in the south west quadrant. The main active area had three small curved plage spots and very thin short filaments following the outer edges of the plage.