Not a perfect day but the Sun shone for a while.
The new active region 11054 in the north east sector has developed into a "white light" spot group with two large spots with clearly differentiated penumbrae & umbrae. There are also pores associated with active region 11055 south of the disc centre.
2010 Mar 12, 1131 UT. PST CaK, prime focus, DMK41.
2010 Mar 12, 1136 UT. 80mm, Baader solar film @ solar continuum filter, Atik 0.5x focal reducer (f/4), DMK41.
AR 1054:
2010 Mar 12, 1140 UT. 80mm, Baader solar film @ solar continuum filter, 4x Imagemate (f/24), DMK21.
2010 Mar 12, 1300 UT. Lunt 60mm & B1200 CaK diagonal, 4x Imagemate (f/33), DMK21.
AR 1055:
2010 Mar 12, 1259 UT. Lunt 60mm & B1200 CaK diagonal, 4x Imagemate (f/33), DMK21.
In Ha, several prominence groups are visible, also an elongated filament north of the disk centre and a broad one near the west limb.
2010 Mar 12, 1207 UT. Solarscope 60, Atik 0.5x focal reducer (f/5), DMK41.
AR 1054:
2010 Mar 12, 1217 UT. Solarscope 60, 4x Imagemate (f/32), DMK21.
AR 1055:
2010 Mar 12, 1215 UT. Solarscope 60, 4x Imagemate (f/32), DMK21.
Centre filament:
2010 Mar 12, 1213 UT. Solarscope 60, 4x Imagemate (f/32), DMK21.
W limb filament:
2010 Mar 12, 1210 UT. Solarscope 60, 4x Imagemate (f/32), DMK21.
Major Prominences:
2010 Mar 12, 1228 UT. Solarscope 60, 2x barlow (f/16), DMK21.
2010 Mar 12, 1227 UT. Solarscope 60, 2x barlow (f/16), DMK21.
Transparency good but with drifting cloud at times. Seeing moderate. Temp 10C, wind N force 4.