I'm on a roll here, a good few days in a row! Today I decided to stack the SM90 with my LS50 etalon for a double stack view to make any cycle 25 bright points easier to see. Glad I did, as the area that was designated S6205 in the southern hemisphere seems to have a couple more smaller bright points trailing it. Also surprised me how much area the plage at the equator is covering. Camera was the GH3 ICX916M
Ha-fd-ds-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Ha-fd-ds-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Next I double stacked with the Quark on the SM90 for a closer view of the regions of interest.
Up in norther polar regions a filament associated with cycle 25 jetstreams was easy to see:
north-fila-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
north-fila-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Dropping down to the equator and back into cycle 24 the plage from aprils active regions is still clearly visible and quite extensive:
plage-and-fila-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
plage-and-fila-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Going further south, S6205 has diminished in size and activity and now is undesignated on solen. Just about caught the prom which I didn't notice until I was processing:
s6205-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
s6205-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
And all the way at the south pole, the brighter points of polar facualae were just about visible:
south-polar-faculae-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr
south-polar-faculae-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr
And finally, got this cheeky animation of these folk heading towards London Heathrow...
ani-800 by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Looks like tomorrow morning will be clear, so will be checking out what has changed then...
Hope you like!
Mark
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I love that solar transit!!!
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Very nice images, Mark. I like the processing. Keep 'em coming.
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Great stuff Mark
I will try to image the bright points in the next couple of days
I will try to image the bright points in the next couple of days
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Thanks guys!
The bright point are there, definitely grab some images.
I should go to bed now, I have to be up and observing the sun in 6 hours
The bright point are there, definitely grab some images.
I should go to bed now, I have to be up and observing the sun in 6 hours
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I really am enjoying your daily news update terrific images when blown up to full size and what a great transit, they always make you smile
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A nice, detailed, report, Mark. Excellent work.
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Another excellent session Mark and great to highlight the features of both cycles visible
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