KSO Saturday. May 18 2024. SUNoculars!

[DeepSolar64]

This morning I am again under cloudy skies so I accessed the KSO high cadence feed to check out the Sun and found it still up and running. Here are the images from that time.

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Carpe Diem!

James

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[DeepSolar64]

***Addition****
This afternoon around 20:45 UTC I finally got a brief clearing between the high altocumulus clouds and got a view using my Lunt 8x32 WL solar binoculars. I was able to see six active regions on the photospheric solar disc. One region in the northern hemisphere and five in the southern hemisphere. All labeled.

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AR13682 in the northern hemisphere was very difficult though I was pretty sure I could detect it. I could never clearly see two spots though. In the southern hemisphere I could see AR13683 as two spots in the SW quadrant. One spot, the southernmost one, is the easiest. To the NE of AR13683 lies AR13674. This one was seen as a very easy single spot. AR13679 was seen as a region that was straddling the CLM in the southern hemisphere. The lead spot was very easy. I could also see a " caboose " spot. The ones between them could be detected but yet not clearly resolved individually. The SE quadrant showed AR13685 as three easy spots. A fourth could be hinted at. Just to the NE of AR13685 I could see an easy single spot that was associated with AR13686.

Carpe Lumen!

James

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[marktownley]

Nice report thanks James, we have had a sunny weekend here, just chewing through the post processing.

[DeepSolar64]

Mark,
You are the opposite of me. I have had clouds and rain. Good luck with the post-processing.

James

[Montana]

Thanks for the update James

Alexandra

[DeepSolar64]

You are welcome Alexandra.