30.08.2021 AR2860 Worth the wait?

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Monday 30th 63F, overcast clearing to cloudy. Fast moving from the east. Which is very unusual. 

I shall wait until it is is warmer, this afternoon, to  do more fibre-glassing.

10.30 Set up for imaging but very cloudy. Long waits for clearances. I haven't had a chance to capture AR 2860.

10.40 Managed to get AR2860 on the screen briefly. The odd weather direction makes it impossible to monitor the cloud for clearances. 

10.47 First decent capture. 75/500 frames 912 x 912.

11.16 Still capturing when I can.

Lots of cloud coming from the NE.

 

 

 

 

12.40 Another capture. Note the changes between the different images.

 

 

 

 

Paused for lunch. Then more fibre-glassing of the slit rib. Still very cloudy.

15.30 66F. Back to imaging. Seeing high frequency agitated. Leading to blocky artefacts in ImPPG.

16.14  Seeing steadied a little: Flaring to the left of the most eastern major spot. Was visible growing "live" in mere seconds on the monitor.

 

16.22 And again. Flaring in the east.

 

 

 

 

 

16.28 A Bright arc in the centre. Looked like a beam in the live view.

 

 

 

17.33 Seeing steadied again. Transparency keeps changing.

 

 

 

 

 17.38 Complex light bridges over the spot's umbra.

 

 

 

 

 

 17.47 A winder view without the 2x GPC:  Only the 1.25x GPC just behind the etalon. To spread the sweet spot.

 

 

 

 

17.59 1.25x +1.6x GPC.

 

 

 

 

 18.00 The seeing has gone mushy and agitated as it nears the trees.

 

 

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