Saturday 31 March 2012

Friday 30 March 2012

Cloudy nearly all day yesterday, had a break in the clouds about 4pm ish, so after a hour waiting, managed to get a shot at the Sun.
Single shot with the Canon 1000D, 1/50th sec at ISO 100.
Taken trought the ED80, lunt 2" wedge, ND3, UV/IR and Continuum filters.

Thursday 29 March 2012

None of these sunspots pose a threat for strong solar flares.
Spot count 70

Wednesday 28 March 2012

 None of these sunspots pose a threat for strong solar flares.
Spot count 63


Tuesday 27 March 2012

 None of these sunspots pose a threat for strong solar flares.
Spot count 56


Monday 26 March 2012

 None of these sunspots pose a threat for strong solar flares.
Spot count 84


Sunday 25 March 2012

 Sunspot 1445 is crackling with C-class solar flares,
Spot count 65

Saturday 24 March 2012


Sunspot 1445 is crackling with C-class solar flares.
Spot count 74

Friday 23 March 2012

None of these sunspots are actively flaring. Solar activity is low.
Spot count 86

Thursday 22 March 2012

 Sunspot 1440 is crackling with C-class solar flares. Otherwise, the solar disk is mostly quiet
Spot count 62

Wednesday 21 March 2012

All of these sunspots are quiet. No strong flares are in the offing.
Spot count 74

Tuesday 20 March 2012

 All of these sunspots are quiet. No strong flares are in the offing.
Spot count 58

Monday 19 March 2012

 All of these sunspots are quiet. No strong flares are in the offing.
Spot count 54


Sunday 18 March 2012

 New sunspot 1435 is growing rapidly and could soon pose a threat for solar flares.
Spot count 89

Wednesday 14 March 2012

 Active sunspot AR1429 is turning away from Earth
Spot count 80

Sunday 11 March 2012

 Big sunspot 11429 poses a continued threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 89

Saturday 10 March 2012

 Big sunspot 11429 poses a continued threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 96

Thursday 8 March 2012

 Big sunspot 11429 poses a continued threat for X-class solar flares.
Spot count 102