May 9 2021 Observations. C class flare!

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May 9 2021 Observations. C class flare!

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From Rock Hill SC. Session time is from 9:50am until 1:39pm EDT local time ( US ). The skies are mostly cloudy at first going to partly cloudy later in the session. Temp is 74F at session beginning and 79F at sessions end. Seeing is decent.


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Clouds interfered quite a bit early in the session, with me having to peer through and between them, I could see three plages. AR12822 is seen in the NE with an easy spot and a plage which at first was shaped like a jagged sickle. Later as the clouds thinned and cleared I got a flare alert while eating breakfast outside near the scope from my SpaceWeatherLive app on my iPhone. I went to the scope and noticed a bright point on the SE side of the plage. It's a C class flare! I watched as it quickly faded from view in just a few minutes. It had actually started before I started eating but was covered by clouds. I probably missed it at it's brightest point. In a much clearer sky I got a better view of AR12822 and in the wealth of detail I totally lost the sickle shape of before. The second plage is a tiny one in the SE. As the session waned it brightened considerably and got easier to see. The third is a larger more diffuse one on the south-central part of the disc. I can see a couple of small filaments south and southeast of it. I can also see filaments in the SE and north-central areas of the disc.

I can see three prominences. Some " sprigs " on the NW limb and one that resembles a rough loop on the SW limb. I see another on the SE limb.

The mottles are easy to see once the clouds cleared away.



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I was able to see 6 spots in AR12822 in the NE. The faculae is easily seen. The largest spot shows a double umbra surrounded by a well developed penumbra. I can also see a single spot amid a tiny patch of bright faculae in the SE. Ha shows a small plage there. Surprisingly I can see with difficulty a disturbance in the granulation field marking the faculae of the south central plage that was revealed in Ha. It's faint but seen with certainty. There's something there! :-)

The fine granulation is seen without difficulty.


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Re: May 9 2021 Observations. C class flare!

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Nice report James, I like the progress evolution ...


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Thanks for your report, James, this morning I have seen another group developing in the south.


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Thanks James for your latest.

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Lovely report James. Missed that flar, clouds were here yesterday but managed a session today between rain and clouds. New spot on the lower South Eastern active region today as of the 10th May.


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Re: May 9 2021 Observations. C class flare!

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What an exciting session :hamster: I don't think I got that C class alert, although the Hubby did say he received a weird alert about a radio burst on his phone. I need to check what he was looking at and see if his message was a bit garbled, new things always need polishing to get started :)

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Montana wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:41 pm What an exciting session :hamster: I don't think I got that C class alert, although the Hubby did say he received a weird alert about a radio burst on his phone. I need to check what he was looking at and see if his message was a bit garbled, new things always need polishing to get started :)

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That may be what I got. Radio bursts often are caused by flares. Open it up and look for the graph. At the time I was observing, or eating yesterday the graph showed a C class flare in progress.

The M class flare of Friday said " Solar Flare alert "!

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James, thanks for the report and for the flare evolution images.
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Thanks Eric. It would have been better if I would have taken the images myself!


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Great report James, looks a relaxing place to observe!


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Thanks for sharing James, nice report.


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marktownley wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 7:13 pm Great report James, looks a relaxing place to observe!
It was. And just out of the image is a table with lots of good food!! I was sitting at the table when I took the image of the scopes.


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