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.

Tuesday 22 February 2022

Sol Ha light - 22/02/2022.



"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. 

We are a way for the universe to know itself."

 Carl Sagan.

Monday 21 February 2022

Through the kitchen window.


Blue sky, scudding clouds and COLD outside.

A quick morning image of Sol.

Considering the photo was taken through the closed kitchen window I'm happy with the results.




Thursday 17 February 2022

Hydrogen Alpha - 17/2/22.

With a quick break in the clouds this morning, I managed to capture a few prominence shots. 

I placed a black cloth over the telescope and my head. There was a marked improvement in prominence contrast.



Sat in the garden with a black sheet over my head, on a windy dull day... 

I wonder what the neighbours thought!

Sunday 6 February 2022

Eiffel Tower on the Sun - 06/02/22

Rained heavily this morning, but around 2.30pm the clouds parted, and out came the Sun.

Old Sol wasn't the only object to be seen.. Helen noticed that the large prominence on view looked like the Eiffel Tower!

Eiffel Tower Prominence




The French Scorpion.

Last night we camped in the village of Sereilhac, some maybe 20 miles south west of Limoges. The temperature all day hovered around 30°C !  ...