February 2017

February 28th 0800 GMT

I had bright sunshine on the way to work. I stopped in a layby on the M46 and focussed on the background. Fitting the filter, the sunspot was clearly visible, even though I had missed it on 26^th.

 

 

February 26th 1040 GMT

I bin scanned the Sun through moving cloud but was unable to see the sunspot.

February 24th 1400 GMT

I bin scanned the Sun and saw a single large sunspot.

 

 

February 22nd 1330 GMT

I bin scanned the Sun through moving cloud but did not see any sunspots.

February 18th 1515 GMT

It cleared mid-afternoon so I did a solar hydrogen alpha shoot. The Sun was very quiet, though.

 

February 18th 1320 GMT

I bin scanned the Sun in cloudy conditions but did not see any sunspots.

February 17th 1400 GMT

I bin scanned the Sun in cloudy conditions but did not see any sunspots.

February 16th 1305 GMT

 

I bin scanned the Sun but did not see any sunspots.

February 16th 0730 GMT

Finally, the first action of the month! Before I left for work, I did some shots of the Moon with my DSLR at ISO 800, 300mm focal length and 1/500 second exposure.