Another day when the clouds broke during the morning - a better break than yesterday, and still plenty to see! I'm breaking the day's report into parts again as there is too much for a single thread.
In white light, three active areas; AR1045 continues huge, AR1046 is complex but has only small spots and AR1047 (the new group noted yesterday) still has only one spot, which appears to have shrunk a bit. 1046 & 1047 also have associated faculae, just about visible on the full disc shot.
2010 Feb 09, 1053 UT. 80mm refractor, Atik x0.5 focal reducer, Baader ND5.0 solar film & solar continuum filter, DMK41.
AR 1045 in white light closeup:
2010 Feb 09, 1053 UT. 80mm refractor, 4x Imagemate (f/32), Baader ND5.0 solar film & solar continuum filter, DMK21.
Whole disk in Calcium light:
2010 Feb 09, 1047 UT. Coronado PST CaK, prime focus (f/10), DMK41.
Close ups of the active areas to follow (being processed).
Whole disc in hydrogen alpha:
2010 Feb 09, 1111 UT. Solarscope 60, Atik 0.5x focal reducer, DMK41. (Proms & disc exposed seperately)
Close ups of the active areas to follow (being processed).
Prominence on the NNE limb:
2010 Feb 09, 1111 UT. Solarscope 60, 4x Imagemate (f/32), DMK41.
Transparency good (but with occasional drifting cloud), seeing variable, sometimes quite good but sometimes with substantial boiling. Temp +6C, wind E force 3.
