First glance at the GONG web-site this morning seemed to show very little, but closer inspection revealed the active region still there near the meridian on the southern hemisphere, and a rather faint prominence on the north-western limb.
Solar
Sun today – – – 16/11/2019
The active region is still there plus an interesting prominence.
Sun today – new active region 13/11/2019
A new active region has developed, that from its magnetic polarity seems to be a member of the new sunspot cycle, cycle 25.
Mercury transit
I was trying to find some decent images of the Mercury transit from the UK. There weren’t that many!
This one looked good:
https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=157372
And then there is the good old faithful Pete Lawrence! (Not sure where from, though)
https://britastro.org/node/19812
But this one takes the prize!
https://britastro.org/node/19855
Transit of Mercury 11/11/2019
Managed to catch the first few minutes of the transit before having to go out.
The first image is poor as it was culled from only a few frames of the raw avi. At least its early, between 1st and 2nd contact.
Similarly the prominences were derived from only a few frames.
The second and third are better, as there was a few seconds gap in the clouds for each image sequence.
I then had to leave – – – !
Worth the effort? Yes, bearing in mind I will be 85 in 2032 – – -! Sporting chance I won’t be here then!
Sun today 10/11/2019
Prominences on all four quadrants today.
Sun today – – – 09/11/2019
Our nearest star is almost completely blank this morning – just the one small prominence system.
Image of part of solar disc – Samsung S7 phone, Daystar Quark Hydrogen Alpha filter, Sky Watcher ED Pro 80mm OTA, Lichfield
Photo taken with Samsung S7 phone:
Above image is a cropped version of image below:
Telescope and filter today:
I have been testing equipment today ahead of Transit of Mercury across Sun event due 11 November.
Andy
Sun today – 03/11/2019
Some interest today, after dodging the cloud cover!
A nice set of prominences, and two small sunspots.
There is the relic of AR2750, and the newer AR2751.
AR2750 seems by its magnetic polarity to be a member of new Solar Cycle 25, whereas AR2751 has a magnetic polarity that identifies it as a member of old Solar Cycle 24.
When contemplating these “small” prominences, it is quite sobering to retain a sense of scale. Here is an image with some sizes on it and our own Earth to scale – – – !
