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JohnW

Nice image Paulm. Whats the non-inverted image look like?

JohnW

Thank you everyone for your comments. Best wishes for the new year. May we have lots of sun.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

Looks like an interesting device Pedro - well recorded.
Cheers, John W

JohnW

29th Dec. SE Australia....Cloudy this morning but I managed to get a few images of the Sun thru gaps in the clouds. Sunspot activity has been fairly low but there are numerous filaments and flares. First image is at 540 nm to show the sunspots. Second and third images are at Ha wavelength (656 nm) t...

JohnW

Thats terrific for the S50 - well done.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

Nice detail Eric - well recorded.
Regards John W.

JohnW

Certainly some interesting features on the sun at the moment.
Thanks James, Cheers John W.

JohnW

20th Dec (SE Australia) There is a large filament on the Sun in the NE sector. I measured it at around 466,000 km in length. A filament is a prominence seen against the Sun's surface rather than on the limb. Two Ha images are presented - one showing the NE sector and the other the SW sector. Both ar...

JohnW

Thank you everyone. It will be interesting to see what activity the Sun will produce for the rest of this year.
Cheers from John W.

JohnW

Thank you everybody - always good to capture flares.
Maybe solar activity is on the rise again.
Cheers, John W

JohnW

A great event to see Steen.
Thanks, John W.

JohnW

Thanks James - yes also significant flaring around 3517. This is an pretty active region.
Regards, John W

JohnW

Thanks James - yes also significant flaring around 3517. This is an pretty active region.
Regards, John W

JohnW

15th Dec I was imaging the Sun this morning at the same time a solar flare was occurring near AR3514. This turned out to be the strongest flare so far for this year - an X2.8 flare. I have posted 3 images - this first shows the location of the sunspots including AR 3514, taken at 540 nm wavelength. ...

JohnW

15th Dec I was imaging the Sun this morning at the same time a solar flare was occurring near AR3514. This turned out to be the strongest flare so far for this year - an X2.8 flare. I have posted 3 images - this first shows the location of the sunspots including AR 3514, taken at 540 nm wavelength. ...

JohnW

An interesting set of images Warren - well recorded.
Regards,
John W

JohnW

Three images are shown of the sunspots on 4th, 6th and 8th December as a record of the movement and shape changes during this period. All are single exposures with a Canon 550d camera. A lot of small spots and a couple of larger ones. The most prominent spot is AR3507. IMG_5350 c.jpg IMG_5355 c.jpg ...

JohnW

Nice set of images Warren - well recorded. Regards, John W.

JohnW

2nd Dec. The month of November showed another fairly weak period of sunspot activity - the average monthly count was 105.4 which was slightly higher than the count for October (99.4). The graph shows the variation during this year till the end of November (source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology Sp...

JohnW · Re: Sol 24-11-23 Cak & WL Terrific CaK shots. Thanks Steve.

Terrific CaK shots. Thanks Steve.

JohnW

Welcome and keep the images coming.
Cheers from John W (Australia).

JohnW

Plenty of features to observe at the moment James - good report.
Regards, John W

JohnW

Terrific captures Warren and well presented.
regards, John W.

JohnW

Reply to DeepSolar 64.
Hi James, All my images are taken with the camera set for colour (not mono B&W and colourized during processing). And I don't do stacking just single exposures.

JohnW · Re: November 28 2023 Observations. Good report James.

Good report James.

JohnW

Terrific images Eric - lots of detail. Must have taken a while to process.
Regards,
John W.

JohnW

Good variety of images Alexandra. Well recorded and presented despite the cloud.
Regards, John W.

JohnW

Really nice set of images Arne, esp. the aurora. Well done.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

Nice set of images Mark - well done. Interesting to see you get better images at low temp.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

27th Nov. Many features on the Sun today and a clear morning. The first image is at 540 nm to show the sunspots (lots of them). The active regions are labelled. The other 4 images are at Ha wavelength (656 nm) to show the filaments, prominences, flares and surface features. All are single exposures ...

JohnW · Re: SUNocular Observations. Nov 22 2023. Good report James - regards, John W.

Good report James - regards, John W.

JohnW

Nice images Peter - an interesting region well recorded.

JohnW

Thank you everybody for your comments. We seem to be in a quiet period of solar activity at the moment. We get the odd larger sunspot but nothing really large. Cheers, John W.

JohnW

8th Nov. I managed to get an image of the Sun on 3 successive days ... Nov 6th, 7th and 8th. Each pic was taken mid morning. The main sunspot group is AR 3477 with other smaller groups. Each image is a single exposure taken with a Canon 550d camera attached to an 81 mm WO refractor, Herschel wedge a...

JohnW

Nice detail in those images Ross - well done.
Regards,
John W.

JohnW

Thanks everyone for your comments ... it will be interesting to see what happens with sunspot numbers for the rest of this year. Will we see an increase in numbers or will the numbers keep dropping ??
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

2 Nov 2023. The end of October saw a decrease in the average daily sunspot count which came in at 99.4. The graph below shows the variations in the av. monthly count during this year. This low monthly count for October was expected as the size and number of sunspots was continually small compared to...

JohnW

James, things seem to be quiet lately on the Sun - will be interesting to see what happens over the next few months.
Regards, John W.

JohnW

Nice set of images Franco - well done.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

A well recorded image - nice detail.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

Really nice detail in those images Brian - well done.
Regards, john W.

JohnW

Thank you everybody for your comments - it will be interesting to see sunspot numbers this month.
Cheers, John W

JohnW

2nd October. The average sunspot count for September was 133.6 - this was higher than last month's figure of 114.9. The highest count for this year is 163.4 (June). The updated graph is shown below - the yellow line shows the average monthly count, the green line the smoothed count and the purple cr...

JohnW

Nice detail in those images Brian - well done.
Cheers, John W

JohnW

Nice images Franco - thanks for posting.
Cheers,
John W

JohnW

Nice close up images Franco. Interesting features.
Cheers, John W.

JohnW

Interesting captures Petr.

JohnW

Good captures Lou.

JohnW

Terrific detail in those images Alexandra. Well done.

JohnW

17th Sept. I have been following the large prominence on the SW limb for a few days. Better sky conditions today helped get better images. The first image shows the sunspots (taken at 540 nm), the second image at 656 nm (Ha) shows the SW sector of the Sun with the large prominence. Both images are s...

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