Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Ha- August 3rd 2022

 



“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos




Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Hydrogen alpha - July 20th 2022.

Currently there is a beautiful prominence on the solar limb.

Earlier this evening I captured a few Ha images with the PST. 

The Sun also has filaments, plages and sunspots a plenty at the moment.  

All good news for the solar astronomers.

The phone camera I use is good at capturing prominences, but terrible at revealing any surface detail.

Time for a new type of camera I guess... Hmmm... I wonder!








Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Old typewriter Mars observation - 14/10/20

Recently found this on my external hard drive. 

I've just realised I hadn't put the year of observation in the details.


 Mars apparition 2020

I used to often type up my observing sessions on the typewriter. I will have to dig through my journals to find a few more to post on blogger.



Today's Sol Image.

A quick Sol image, before the clouds moved in. Sparrows chirping in the hedgerow, fairly mild weather, with the odd gust. Much c...