Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x and 25x ( Ha )
I was able to see six regions in the Ha chromosphere today. Two in the northern hemisphere, none numbered and four in the southern hemisphere with three having official NOAA numbers.
A small plage is seen very near the limb in the NE quadrant. Well westward an easier plage is seen just east of the CLM. Two filaments are seen well to the SE of this plage. GONG BBSO Ha shows a couple of vague disturbances in the NW quadrant but I never noticed them at all and never looked for them in detail. I noticed them on the GONG image afterwards but they would have been a challenge if I would have been able to see them at all.
AR13068 is easily seen in the SE quadrant as two spots amid plage. Well to the SSE of AR13068 I see a nice easy filament that shows some detail. Smaller ones lie to it's east and west. A small unnumbered plage lies just across the CLM into the SW quadrant. Further west I can see a very small plage that is associated with AR13069. I would have never noticed this one casually, I had to look for it. AR13062 can be seen as a mere plage nearing the SW limb. A roundish filament is seen SE of it.
I notice prominences on the NE and SW limb. A bright prom with a long thin pointed snout points southward. It's attached to the disc at it's northern end. Another smaller dimmer one with a head bent south is to the north of the brighter one. Though faint in double stack I had no problem seeing proms on the SW limb. The southernmost one resembles a vague elongated bubble leaning north. Just north of the bubble lies a faint line of flame.
The mottles are easily seen across the Ha disc.
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope. 25x, 50x and 62.5x ( WL )
I could only see four regions on the WL photosphere today. One unnumbered in the northern hemisphere and three in the southern hemisphere with two being numbered.
The NE quadrant shows only single patch of faculae. SDOHMI continuum shows two tiny pores there but I cannot pick them out. I see nothing in the NW quadrant.
AR13068 is by far the easiest active region to see on the Sun in white light. At 62.5x I see two spots with both having penumbrae. The eastern spot has a double umbra and western spot has a break in it's penumbra east of it's single umbra. SDO high resolution images show two tiny pores within the gap in the penumbra. I cannot see them. I can see six pores between the two bigger spots. Two of these are only glimpsed. AR13062 is seen as a single spot in the SW end of a patch of faculae. SDO imagery shows structure in the highly inclined spot. I did not notice.
The fine granulation of the photosphere can be seen.
I hope everyone here has had a nice weekend.
James
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