Journal of a travelling astronomer - Artist & Poet - Citizen of Starship Earth - Native of Pembrokeshire - Always a Typewriter - Often a fountain pen - Mostly a cup of tea.
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Friday, 25 March 2022
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Blue Sky Sol ~ Hazy Seeing.
Hazy skies this morning, though still a lovely blue, solar seeing wasn't up to much.
After a major fight with the Samsung S6, I was able to capture one clear shot.
Prominence detail was poor, the insertion of a black photoshop disc did help a bit in the final picture.
Saturday, 12 March 2022
This morning's Sol images.
Blue skies this morning, that was until about midday!
Then in came the clouds, and as I write this (15h37mUT) the wind is picking up and it looks like a storm is looming.
I managed these images earlier on, so today wasn't a total solar loss.
Monday, 7 March 2022
Today's Sol in Ha light.
March 7th 2022 ~ 12h26mUT |
Lots of Ha activity today. Plus as a bonus a beautiful prominence around the 240 degree area!
Sky blue a plenty this afternoon.
SFI hovering around 120 - SN about 77
With the K Index currently hovering around five it's a good time to keep a look out for possible aurorae!
The Sun has definitely woken up!
Saturday, 5 March 2022
Sol image - March 5th 2022.
Scudding clouds this morning, cleared up around midday, a beautiful afternoon for solar observing.
PST working well today, it revealed several good prominences and two big sunspot groups, and a few filaments.
Still processing the filament pictures, will post them and a white light image tomorrow.
Sol image ~ 05/03/22
Here's a Sol white image from today's observing session.
The afocal method seems fine for quick solar shots.
Mars sails past the Beehive.
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