Giant Sunspot Group AR1476 The enormous AR1476 sunspot group has been cracking with A and C class flares over the last few days. Like AR1339 this one is visible with the..
Giant Sunspot Group AR1339 For the first time in years we have a sunspot group that is visible to the (shielded) naked eye. AR1339 is 3 times wider than the Earth and a..
Big Solar Prom Large solar prom from the 23rd March 2011. My first time taking the wee 40mm PST out in ages so seeing proms this large was a nice surprise. For my..
The Sun Well it’s not news per se but here’s a link to article that the guys at Space.com have posted giving a great overview of the Sun, it’s evolution..
The Missing Sunspots Problem Explained I began looking at the Sun in white light in 2007 and got the bug for H-Alpha observing in 2008. There were plenty of predictions that activity..
Stereo is Here! Feb 2011. NASA Releasing First Views Of The Entire Sun On Super Sun-Day NASA has released the first ever full sun images. Taken with the twin..
Ginourmous CME Detected Reports are flowing in all around about an enourmous M class mass ejection on the Sun’s Easter Limb. See NASA’s image to the right. This huge..
Proms Proms Proms! It’s a pity we’re at solar minimum at the moment. The solar disc has be quieter than I have ever seen – not a thing happening there. We have been..
The Fiery Sun from the 1st of March Well, the PST was finally returned from the Meade factory in Germany. In fact it was completely replaced in order to fix the oxidation issue on the..
