Pembrokeshire Astronomer

Thursday, 25 August 2022

Yesterday's giant prominence was still showing well this morning.

Though it does look as if the maximum was sometime in the hours of darkness last night.

Still, as proms go, this is a beauty.

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SOLAR WARNING

Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with any optic (unless you have the proper solar filter).

Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result.

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

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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!

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.

The Sun has finally decided to cook the county of Pembrokeshire.

As I write this (10:21 UT) the downpour of heat is starting to feel intense.

Time to find some shade I think!

Huge prominence on display this morning, will be checking its progress throughout the day.... from the shaded doorway of my shed.

This was a poster I made for the Preseli Astronomy Group back in December 2011.

I haven't seen this poster for many years. I happened to find it whilst surfing the mighty Google.

All the photos you see on the poster were taken with our now long deceased Nikon D50 camera, an excellent camera for a bit of astrophotography.

The poster asks you to "Take a peek at your closest neighbours" !

It sounds as if I was literally asking you to train your telescopes onto the house next door!

I was actually referring to the the Moon and Planets. 😃😮