September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

this is the main message area for anything solar :)
Post Reply
User avatar
DeepSolar64
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 18823
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:19 am
Location: Lowndesville S.C.
Has thanked: 17572 times
Been thanked: 16694 times

September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by DeepSolar64 »

Session time is from 14:30 to 15:40 UTC. The skies are mostly clear. The seeing is decent. The temperature is 74F ( 23.3C )


Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x, 25x and 33x. ( Ha )
I can see six plages/active regions on the Ha disc today!! AR12864 is an elongated plage, roughly E-W with a spot in the middle. To it's east is the now numbered AR12865 is a N-S oriented plage with a fine filament running N-S in the middle of it. AR12863 is visible in the south just to the east of the Central Longitudinal Meridian and shows an easy spot to the NW of it's plage. I can see two more plages in the SE quadrant. AR12866 is just west of the eastern limb with another AR plage just SW of it. I can see the plage of AR12867 nearing the SW limb.

I notice no filaments in the southern hemisphere though GONG Cerro Tololo shows one near the SW limb. I do see several filaments in the NE quadrant with two being quite easy to see. The NW also has a few small ones.

The prominences are nice today. The NE has 4 really nice ones! The northernmost of these raises up to the north as does a branch of a prom south of it. The third down looks like a fizzler :lol: and the southernmost one is the brightest of all of them. I really needed the SMII90 to see more detail in them. The SMII60 will show their basic form but not much more. I can see a fainter prom on the SE limb and three bright proms on the SW limb. The larger middle one of these shows a couple of northward pointing extensions. The NW shows a few close to the limb.

The mottles are easily seen across the disc today



Orion 70mm Solar Telescope. 25x and 50x ( WL )
I can see seven active region disturbances in WL!! I was able to count 10 spots belonging to AR12864. The largest one is at the western end of the group. I can count three in AR12865 to the east of AR12864. To the east of these near the NE limb lies a patch of faculae. I see no spots or pores within it. Down south nearing the CLM I see 5 spots associated with AR12863. The largest of these sports a penumbra! Three of the pores form a line. I can barely resolve them. The far SE shows two active regions. AR12866 is the nearest to the limb. I can resolve 4 spots/pores within it. The easternmost one is the largest and easiest to see. Another AR lies to it's SW. I can see two small spots in it. Both ARs are embedded in bright faculae. AR12867 is located near the SW limb. I can see a spot and a pore within it. The easier to see spot is in the western part of the small but easy patch of faculae.

The fine granulation is fairly easy to see today.

Carpe Noctem!

James



GONGCerroTololoHa_9-4-21.jpg
GONGCerroTololoHa_9-4-21.jpg (503.99 KiB) Viewed 376 times
SDOHMIc_Color_9-4-21.jpg
SDOHMIc_Color_9-4-21.jpg (1.31 MiB) Viewed 376 times


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces

Image Visual Observer
" Way more fun to see it! "
User avatar
marktownley
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 42272
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 pm
Location: Brierley Hills, UK
Has thanked: 20435 times
Been thanked: 10245 times
Contact:

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by marktownley »

Heya James, thanks for the great report! Looks like the sun is busy again. Back from our travels now and back at home - nearly 3 weeks of travelling around with my solar gear and it has been cloudy, however, dare I say it this morning is sunny, so hopefully going to get outside very soon and see what i've been missing.


Image
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
Solar images, a collection of all the most up to date live solar data on the web, imaging & processing tutorials - please take a look!
User avatar
ffellah
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 11172
Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:46 pm
Location: Westport, CT USA
Has thanked: 9145 times
Been thanked: 6025 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by ffellah »

Hi James: great report. Yesterday was definitely a proms day, even with a number of sunspot groups in sight.

Franco


User avatar
MAURITS
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 8507
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:37 pm
Location: Belgium
Has thanked: 2412 times
Been thanked: 4786 times
Contact:

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by MAURITS »

Thanks James for the update, I have finally captured a FD.


Regards,
Maurits

Vista del Cielo Observatory

www.vistadelcielo.be
User avatar
DeepSolar64
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 18823
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:19 am
Location: Lowndesville S.C.
Has thanked: 17572 times
Been thanked: 16694 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by DeepSolar64 »

marktownley wrote: Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:17 am Heya James, thanks for the great report! Looks like the sun is busy again. Back from our travels now and back at home - nearly 3 weeks of travelling around with my solar gear and it has been cloudy, however, dare I say it this morning is sunny, so hopefully going to get outside very soon and see what i've been missing.

Mark, I gotta say, I enjoy your boat images about as much as I do your solar ones. :-)


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces

Image Visual Observer
" Way more fun to see it! "
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

What boat images James ???

Anyhow thanks for your excellent report of today's rare-happenings and for your own captures (wherever they are) ???

Mine in superbly-rare clear skies will follow in due course, including hopefully some better Sodium too...

Cheers
Terry


User avatar
Ivan
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1849
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:50 pm
Location: Russia, Yaroslavl
Has thanked: 3465 times
Been thanked: 2250 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by Ivan »

Great report, thank you!
Ivan


User avatar
DeepSolar64
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 18823
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:19 am
Location: Lowndesville S.C.
Has thanked: 17572 times
Been thanked: 16694 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by DeepSolar64 »

What boat images James ???_Terry


I haven't seen none from this outing but he's posted some beautiful ones in the past. I so wish the US had canal systems like England so I could at least rent a longboat! Or I could go there!!

James


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces

Image Visual Observer
" Way more fun to see it! "
User avatar
arnedanielsen
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 7285
Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:42 pm
Location: Vestby, Norway
Has thanked: 6181 times
Been thanked: 7142 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by arnedanielsen »

Good report, James.

Best regards,
Arne


Best regards,
Arne
--
AstroBin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/arnedani/
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

In fact James, I've been weather watching for the SW of England, whilst Mark has been trawling canals in that area and his weather (like most of us in England) has not been kind for observing or imaging, but I guess Mark will enlighten us more with his story...

Cheers and about to post my collection of todays captures..

Terry


User avatar
DeepSolar64
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 18823
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:19 am
Location: Lowndesville S.C.
Has thanked: 17572 times
Been thanked: 16694 times

Re: September 4 2021. Spots, Plages and Proms, Oh My!!

Post by DeepSolar64 »

Terry,
I looked at yours. You have became our main poster of Sodium images. Franco does them too sometimes. Have you used the sodium quark visually any? If so, how did it do?

James


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces

Image Visual Observer
" Way more fun to see it! "
Post Reply