On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Clearing nicely here in Stansbury. PST is showing lots of solar activity.
Chuck, the clearing is headed your way so have your new toy at the ready.
Well, it's hit-and-miss here. Not a lot of prominence activity, very small ones only. The surface is very active, however, with several large flocculi and lots of detail. If some of those dark filaments were on the limb, they'd be seen as terrific prominences. The double stack really improves the contrast on surface features, but I can't make any judgement on prominences because there aren't any of any significance today. It's frustrating because every time a hole in the clouds drifts in front of the sun, and the detail pops-out, I reach up to tweak the etalon. Just as my hand touches it, the clouds roll in again.