Saturday 25 February 2023
Thursday 23 February 2023
Saturday 18 February 2023
Sol imaging in January
Considering all those cloudy days of January, I was more than pleased to capture the following Hydrogen alpha images.
Thursday 16 February 2023
Typewriter astro experiment
Just trying out one of my astronomy typewriter journal entries.
Was wondering what it would look like on my Blog site.
Monday 13 February 2023
Solar wash out - Setting Sun.
So far this month the Seeing** and Transparency have been awful.
I've had a few clear blue skies, but the transparency problem has left the prominences washed out and lacking in contrast.
No doubt the Sol imaging will better itself as the weeks go by.
Yesterday evening, the sunset from our village looked amazing.
I wondered if I could catch an image of old Sol as he sank into the nearby hills.
Here is the result:
You can just make out a large prominence at about the 350 degree position on the Sun's edge.
Through the Ha telescope it looks amazing to witness the Sun dropping out of sight behind a foreground of man made objects, in this instance some hilltop sheep fencing.
** For a great article about Seeing, have a look at Damian Peach's online page:
http://www.damianpeach.com/seeing1.htm
Thursday 9 February 2023
Sol - 09/02/23 - Victor Hugo.
Today's Sol image:
"Astronomy, that micrography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences ... Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side; on its clear side it is tinctured with algebra, on its luminous side with poetry".
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Sol - 01/02/23 - Sir James Jeans
Today's Sol image:
"Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars"
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 ! ...
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Today's Sol image revealed a beautiful snake like filament . It got me thinking... How long is that filament? With the help of the lapt...
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This year's Christmas tree The roaring winds dropped, the clouds parted and the night of Christmas day was cloaked in the light of the...
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Took a spin to Newgale today, we haven't been for ages, at least not since the pandemic. It was wonderful to see the vast stretch of be...