28.10.2021 Massive flares below AR2887! Plus AR2891.

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Thursday 28th 52F, overcast start, clearing to brief and still cloudy, sunny periods. Cloud steaming quickly from the south. Very windy!

11.08 [CET] First image of complex spot AR2887. Multiple spots and filaments. Not a great image. Captured through thin cloud using 1.6x GPC for wider field of view.

11.44 Far too much cloud and wind. Not one moment with a clear sky over the sun devoid of cloud. The wind keeps moving the telescopes.

12.00 Three small, bright flares suggest Ellerman Bombs.

 

12.27 Massive, complex flares south and SW of the main filaments and AR.

 

 

12.50 After the event. Still some flaring visible. There appears to be a cloud of "smoke" resulting from the flare.

 

 

 

 

13.05 Last before lunch. Wind worse than ever. 

The PST etalon is playing up again.

 

 

 14.02 After lunch. Still very windy.

14.30 Meridian flipped. Cropped.

 

 

 

 

 

 14.48 Sky is white where it should be blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 15.23 AR2891 on north-eastern limb. Bristling with energy.

 

 

 

 

 

15.23 AR2886 near western limb.

 

 

 

 

 

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