The Sun 29-4-08

Took ages to get the basic sketch record completed today through holes in the cloud. Not much surface detail in the photos due to a thin milky cloud layer reducing the seeing although the proms show up well. The east limb is still quiet while a parade of small arch proms can be seen arcing over the west limb. The main filament group is nearing the south west limb while the plage region in the north west quadrant remains active.