Here are today’s solar images taken from Al Sadeem Observatory, June 14, 2021.
The sky was generally clear with moderate breeze which provided average transparency and seeing at the time these images were taken.
AR2832 (Axx/alpha) exhibited continuous gradual disintegration of its sunspot structure. On the other hand, AR2833 (Hsx/alpha) exhibited very to no noticeable change in its large unipolar sunspot structure. Both sunspot regions are currently quiet with no significant flaring activity recorded over the past 48 hours. The latest sunspot number (based on visual count and Wolf number calculation) is 22.
Enhanced plages associated with the upper-mentioned sunspot groups, few short stable filaments across the Sun’s disk, and some huge eruptive prominences at the opposite (SW and NE) limbs, were the other noteworthy solar features distinctively captured in H-alpha imagery.
Space weather agencies* forecast solar activity to remain at very low levels with chances of solar flares of mostly B-class to possibly isolated C-class intensity in the next few days. Close monitoring is being conducted by numerous space weather agencies for any significant development.
Equipment used are Skywatcher 120mm refractor telescope with Baader filter and unmodified Canon EOS 1D Mark IV DSLR camera for visible imagery. For H-alpha imagery, the equipment used are Lunt 60mm H-alpha solar telescope, and QHYCCD 290III mono camera; all mounted on Skywatcher EQ6 pro mount Pre-processing of visible solar images was performed in PIPP, stacking in Autostakkert, slight wavelet adjustments in Registax 6, and post-processing in Adobe Photoshop CC.
*TECHNICAL REPORTS COURTESY OF SOLAR INFLUENCE DATA CENTER (SIDC), NOAA-SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER (NOAA-SWPC)
Weather Data (5:30 PM – 6:00 PM, June 14, 2021, from NCM Al Wathba Station):
Average Temperature: 41.13°C
Average Humidity: 12.33%
Average Wind Speed and Direction: 17.43 kph from N
Average Cloud Cover: 5%
Average Air Pressure: 988.0 hPa
Average Solar Radiation: 172.67 W/m^2
