Sunday, 11 December 2022

Mr Blue sky is back. Sol - 11/12/22

 Such beautiful low Pembrokeshire sunlight this morning. 

A welcome return of Mr Bkue sky.

Time for some solar observing.



"We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution".

Carl Sagan


Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Sol Imaging - December 6th 2022

This morning's Sol imaging.


"The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do".  

Galileo Galilei.




Monday, 5 December 2022

Sun dogs over Pembrokeshire.



The cold blue skies of Friday last were greeted with an arrival of a couple of lovely Sun dogs.

These "mock suns" as they are also called hung around for most of the day.  

The sun dogs are produced by a dance between sunlight and ice crystals in our atmosphere.

The ice crystals act like prisms and scatter the sunlight into a colourful light show.



It's been ages since I've have seen such a prominent display. 

The appearance of Sun dogs is not limited just to the winter months. 

One of the best displays I have seen occurred back in 2016 in the month of July.




When the West wind blows.

There's some windy stormy weather heading towards Pembrokeshire over the next few days. Looks as if I might not have a clear night for a...