Main ARs in WL 30th October 2021

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Main ARs in WL 30th October 2021

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A gap in the appalling weather this afternoon gave me a few moments to capture some WL images of the two main active regions. I'd just arrived back from a few days away attending a wedding and was hoping this would be the case as I made my way up the M6 motorway through showers and bad traffic. As soon as I got set up on my driveway a huge black cloud covered the Sun and I feared the worst. Thankfully it passed after around 10 minutes and the blue gap gave me the few minutes I needed for these shots. It was a close call, though, as within minutes of packing up there was a huge cloudburst and really heavy rain. I was so lucky not to get myself or my equipment soaked!!

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Process flow:
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AS!3 stacking
ImPPG Deconvolution/Sharpening
Pixinsight finessing


Here are the results.....

Image20211030_WL_AR2887_x2.5 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20211030_WL_AR2887 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Cropped image...

Image20211030_WL_AR2887_Crop by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20211030_WL_AR2891_x2.5 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Image20211030_WL_AR2891 by Stuart Green, on Flickr

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Image20211030_WL_AR2891_crop by Stuart Green, on Flickr

Pretty tame compared with the excellent images on SolarChat in Ha of the recent flare activity, but I'll take what I can get :)

Thanks for looking.

Stu.


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Re: Main ARs in WL 30th October 2021

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These are terrific Stuart :bow :hamster: the bright rings are really pronounced in these regions. We had bad rain this morning then by 11:30 it cleared for beautiful blue sky and clouds. Been a lovely day so far. If you get a spike on the magnetometer tonight make sure you give me a text (unless it is after midnight :lol:)

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Many thanks Alexandra. Will do…I’m keeping an eye on the screen to see if things are beginning to show signs of the CME having arrived. Nothing yet….

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Beautiful WL's Stu.


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Nice looking WL captures! I so should have done some but seeing just wasnt good enough to get those crispy chunks!


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A great catch in the cloud break Stuart...nice sharp details in them :bow

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Very nice resolution in these Stu! Thanks for posting.

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Nicely crisp, Stu. Enjoyed the narrative. I tried to beat incoming clouds this morning, but unfortunately lost the race.

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Very nice Stu.
I must try to do more WL.
Glad you missed the rain, I did not but the kit looked a bit dusty and maybe needed the rinse.


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Many thanks, everyone. Much appreciated.

Stu.


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A very good set of WL images, Stu! Glad you managed to get everything packed up before the rain!

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