Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x, 25x and 33X ( Ha )
Today I see six active region plages in the Ha chromosphere. Three in the northern hemisphere with two of these being numbered systems. Three are seen in the southern hemisphere with two of these having NOAA numbers.
The first plage is a brightening beneath a bowed filament in the NE quadrant not far off the NE limb. It's not difficult to see. Another filament lies near the limb to the SE. Well west of this unnumbered region but still in the NE quad lies AR13070 which is visible as a small elongated plage with a triangle of three filaments to the north. The NW quadrant shows a single plage with a small thin filament just to it's NE. That plage belongs to AR13067.
AR13068 in the SW quadrant shows an easy spot with plage to it's east. To it's west I can just make out the tiny plage of AR13069. A line of broken filaments lies in the far S-SW. A new region is seen inside the SE limb. It's a single spot with an arc of plage to it's E-NE.
Several prominences are seen around the limb today. By far the most noticeable is the large elongated loop prominence on the NE limb. Much detail can be seen within it. I can see 4 sizeable voids just south of the center of the arch. Other smaller voids and striations can be seen as well. The prominence is bright and easy in doublestack. Just north of the large prom lies a much smaller one. The SE limb shows two prominences. The northernmost prom is a small one near a new active region just inside the SE limb. The southernmost one though tiny is an easily seen filaprom! The SW limb shows a fuzzy mottled fairly small prom. I see none on the NW limb.
The network of mottling is easily seen today across the solar chromosphere.
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope. 25x and 50x ( WL )
Today I see only four regions on the WLC photosphere. Two in the NE quadrant bearing no numbers and two in the southern hemisphere with one of these bearing a number.
The NE quadrant shows a sizeable patch of faculae marking an area where plage was seen in Ha. Much more difficult and barely seen is a tiny facula seen near the western limb just above the equator. Of low contrast it was hard to make out and I would have never causally noticed it if I hadn't been looking for it. A wedge equipped scope would have probably made it easier to see.
AR13068 in the SW quadrant is by far the most significant active region on the disc. I can see 18 spots/pores in the group but that is with some uncertainty due to the tiny size of some of the pores and the seeing. The single westernmost spot leads the group and shows an easy umbra and penumbra. A slight bit of mottling is hinted at in the penumbra. A single structured spot is seen inside the SE limb that is surrounded by faculae. SDO high resolution continuum imagery shows a pore very close to the NE of the larger spot and a light bridge in the SE side of it's umbra. I noticed neither.
The granulation is seen but is not overly apparent.
Carpe Lumen!
James
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