Seeing very poor today in the afternoon, but I took images of the spot in IR and H alpha, which I have put side by side here, though the quality of the H alpha image doesn’t really justify this image … Continue reading →

Here’s my take on the giant sunspot AR 2192. The features I find striking here are the linear streakiness seeming to emanate from a point W (celestial) of the group, manifested in its upper part, and the slightly lighter bridge … Continue reading →

Here’s a white light whole disk image from the 8th and a more detailed IR image from the 22, that I produced in the process of doing an article for the November ‘Astronomy Now’.(Click to enlarge.) … Continue reading →