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- Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:23 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: iSolar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1424
Re: iSolar
I love this! I want to help!
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:09 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: My wife thinks this is hilarious
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1199
Re: My wife thinks this is hilarious
Funny...
now Im off to work the big Jets for ten hours of holiday pay. See you guys...
(Thank you Mark....) wish you were on Facebook to see what a big deal I made of you.
now Im off to work the big Jets for ten hours of holiday pay. See you guys...
(Thank you Mark....) wish you were on Facebook to see what a big deal I made of you.
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:12 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Does anyone need anything?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 706
Does anyone need anything?
Its Christmas morning and I want to make sure all of our CBSAP club members have everything they need. I have sent boxes of glasses to everyone who has joined up and you all should have some lanyards, stickers, brochures and stuff to use in your solar outreach events. Remember, its no big deal, if y...
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: My wife thinks this is hilarious
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1199
My wife thinks this is hilarious
Merry Christmas from the Ramsden's in Atlanta
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:41 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun on 2011-12-24 with a possible Flare Class M. It is amazing !!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1172
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:12 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: I am honored
- Replies: 5
- Views: 757
Re: I am honored
Thanks Bill!1 Looks like I have a volunteer to man the booth at NEAF this year once in a while so I can get a break!
Im blushing at your note and thank you Alan Traino really has an eye for putting people together in this hobby...
Im blushing at your note and thank you Alan Traino really has an eye for putting people together in this hobby...
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:57 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Year End Best Wishes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 778
Re: Year End Best Wishes
Hey man! You ought to be on this end if you wanna feel blessed! Im not a religious man but I can tell ya that every day I wake up breathing after the various situations in the military and in my somewhat risky youth :) I feel like a new man. I have come to find that giving away stuff and helping oth...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:18 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1141
Re: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
OK,
Try the link again
Big 2012 Solar Presentation
It is now in Adobe Flash 11.0 or up format
Try the link again
Big 2012 Solar Presentation
It is now in Adobe Flash 11.0 or up format
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:37 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1141
Re: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
It is in H.264 format as a .mov file. it was too l;ong for youtube. I will make it a FLV asnd a compressed .mov in a moent. It was made for the online astronomy society in the UK so Alastair will probably be able to make it work better for the internet. Stay tuned.
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:33 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sungazer picture
- Replies: 1
- Views: 604
Re: Sungazer picture
Greg is a board member of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project and I know he would be thrilled that you thought enough of him to use his work.
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:29 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Welcome Tommy Judson New Member
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1233
Welcome Tommy Judson New Member
I dont know Tommy, but I like 'em./
He's from Texas too.
He's from Texas too.
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:04 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1141
Re: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
patience Walter, patience... double click it if you cant get it too start after a minute or two...
of course if you dont have the quicktime viewer, it will never load
of course if you dont have the quicktime viewer, it will never load
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:24 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2012 Solar Presentation now online
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1141
2012 Solar Presentation now online
Big 2012 Solar Presentation
Use it any way you want guys. its not rocket science, just an intro to solar radiation designed to be informative and entertaining...
Use it any way you want guys. its not rocket science, just an intro to solar radiation designed to be informative and entertaining...
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:35 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Our Star on December 21, 2011
- Replies: 4
- Views: 740
Re: Our Star on December 21, 2011
fantastic images. Love the color choices and the focus is right on. Good job!
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:01 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Astronomy Night or Day Is The Same
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1436
Re: Astronomy Night or Day Is The Same
Mark,
According to space weather you guys in the UK should be covered in auroras at night now. Do you ever see them?
According to space weather you guys in the UK should be covered in auroras at night now. Do you ever see them?
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:54 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Greyscale Sun MKII
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1214
Re: Greyscale Sun MKII
Truly inspiring Derek. Just great depth and dimension to these images. This really is what I am looking for in my solar appreciation. Its the different interpretations of the imager that really gets me going. Bravo!
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:05 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Greg Piepol wins the AstroOscar!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1247
Greg Piepol wins the AstroOscar!!
CBSAP board member and my mentor Greg Piepol won the 2011 AstroOscar for his awesome work in outreach! Congrats Greg!
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:26 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Canon 7D shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1584
Re: Canon 7D shots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=&feature=youtu.be
[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]1gIBl8XE2hs[/video]
[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]1gIBl8XE2hs[/video]
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:44 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Astronomy Night or Day Is The Same
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1436
Re: Astronomy Night or Day Is The Same
The clouds will clear brotha'
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:41 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Welcome Emiel Veldhuis and Earl Foster as new members!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1330
Welcome Emiel Veldhuis and Earl Foster as new members!!
Emiel runs SolarLive from the Netherlands (www.solarlive.nu) and is already very popular in the solar community. Here is my favorite picture of him...from facebook: he's in great shape, huh? (not really him) Earl runs My Solar Images dotCom and is in Garland Texas. Dont mess with Texas...:) Welcome ...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:35 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dec 19th Solar Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1323
Re: Dec 19th Solar Photos
My wife says Im a cornucopia of something else Chris...
Thanks guys. You should have seen the look on that girls face...
Thanks guys. You should have seen the look on that girls face...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:31 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dec 19th Solar Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1323
Dec 19th Solar Photos
FULL RESOLUTION GALLERY WITH TONS OF IMAGES AND MOVIES
[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]CyUm4-BcC10[/video]
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]UU3Z_K-M-nI[/video]
Hopewell Middle School Dec 19th
[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]CyUm4-BcC10[/video]
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]UU3Z_K-M-nI[/video]
Hopewell Middle School Dec 19th
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:44 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun Today
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: Sun Today
so, your shooting in inverted mode. Cool! ASTRO IIDC also does this with the PGR cameras. They just added a colorized preview feature as well...
Here is a kid using it this week at an event.
Here is a kid using it this week at an event.
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: This is just cool man
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1071
Re: This is just cool man
by the way this is shot with the DMK51. 400 frames then opened and resaved as 1200 frames with avidub. then exported as an image sequence using QT Pro. THEN each frame was colorized using Canon DPP software, then remade into another .mov using QT Pro. way too long a process...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:05 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: This is just cool man
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1071
Re: This is just cool man
[video width=600 height=600 type=youtube]CyUm4-BcC10[/video]
click the resolution box to change it to 720dpi
click the resolution box to change it to 720dpi
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:11 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: This is just cool man
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1071
This is just cool man
lil 6th grader "Meaghan" shoot this video through my Lunt B1200 CaK yesterday at an event. Now she wants to be a solar astronomer... You should have seen her face. Now Im motivated even more...
more to come including a movie of this transit and full res images
more to come including a movie of this transit and full res images
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun Today
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: Sun Today
That last color one with the prominences is really superb. Such details!
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:49 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: SUN 20111217/18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1065
Re: SUN 20111217/18
Pedro,
We are so lucky to have you post your mages here. They are an inspiration! Thank you..
We are so lucky to have you post your mages here. They are an inspiration! Thank you..
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:46 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solar beetle / dust mite
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1001
Re: Solar beetle / dust mite
Im going with squid
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:52 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Saturdays Full Disk & Prom Lift Off
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1836
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:51 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: spammers finally stopped
- Replies: 4
- Views: 691
Re: spammers finally stopped
I dont think any of them are people. I send a "friendly" email to each address anyway with a little encouragement to stay away from the federal government. Did I mention that I work for homeland security indirectly?
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:50 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Ha sun 18th Dec
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1288
Re: Ha sun 18th Dec
Beautiful work Alexandra! now, why did you deel the need to buy a 100mm filter with images like these through a PST?
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:49 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Canon 7D shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1584
Re: Canon 7D shots
I use the 40D for time lapses and the 7D for stills and astro imaging. I just went and bought totally based on the reputation. At the time, I had $3000.00 to spend and I asked for the best Canon camera I could get and the 7D was it.
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:47 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Liability Insurance
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1178
Re: Liability Insurance
Well, The topic has come up with my attorney. I supposedly have imsurnace through the NASA Solar System Ambassadors Program but I hope I never have to use it. I attempted to buy a policy from several vendors in 2009 but found no one interested in selling it to me. I am just very careful but i guess ...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:38 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Canon 7D shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1584
Re: Canon 7D shots
Funny ASlexandra...:) Strangely, even in the military I hardly ever drank.. I might have had 3 glasses of wine and maybe a six pack of beer my entire life and none in the last 25 years. Seen too many friends die from alcohol related stupidity...(including Charlie bates) though I am definitely a Coff...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Canon 7D shots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1584
Canon 7D shots
I got out a new type of DSLR setup and used it yesterday at work to film a movie of the awesome detached prom and several stills. I was using a different white balance which really made it look good through the DSLR. I even filmed a 3 minute video describing the technique. Of course, I lost the 32GB...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:24 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: spammers finally stopped
- Replies: 4
- Views: 691
spammers finally stopped
Well, I changed the account verification to the very incomvenient setting of "me having to individually approve them" and now there are no spammers getting on board. This is a list of the nuts who have tried to gain access in the last 24 hours. Amazing that people waste so much of their ti...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:41 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: First Outreach Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1207
Re: First Outreach Event
by the way, this event occured before the SUNSPOT van when I used to drive my Nissan Titan around. man was it a gas hog...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:40 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: First Outreach Event
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1207
Re: First Outreach Event
Ya Scott! :) Scott is my good friend and neighbor here in Atlanta and the winner of last years Jon Wood award. The program gave him a Meade LXD75 mount and a Meade AR6 refractor. We are hoping to do the outreach event together next Wednesday weather permitting. He is my internet and software guru an...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:33 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Thanks Jan Romer and Chuck Thornton for your generous support..
- Replies: 1
- Views: 550
Thanks Jan Romer and Chuck Thornton for your generous support..
The title says it all. I do not want this to be a forum for requesting donations so it wont be but I do feel the need to thank people for their support in these not so great economic times... Thanks Jan, Chuck, Bill, Walter, Mark, Alan, Dan, heck, all of you know who you are and dont so it for recop...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:54 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Bird Poo
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1527
Re: Bird Poo
This topic is really "for the birds"
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:10 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dont Know Why...sorry
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1321
Re: Dont Know Why...sorry
Hey Walter. I hate talking money my friend. I don't know yet what it will cost but it's always something with the charity. I put about $ 3000.00 a month into some type of outreach expense on average. Don't worry about it, I never do. What comes around, goes around and it usually takes care of itself...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:28 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dont Know Why...sorry
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1321
Re: Dont Know Why...sorry
by the way, it only triggered the glitch when annular was in the topic title. Feel free to post it again without that word in the title:)
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:26 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dont Know Why...sorry
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1321
Re: Dont Know Why...sorry
all the topics were removed. Robert should have gotten your reply via email.
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:13 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dont Know Why...sorry
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1321
Re: Dont Know Why...sorry
Yes, The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (www.natca.org) is my Union for the last 24 years and they have been fantastic supporters of my outreach program from day one. Funny, the companies and organizations that benefit the most from this program, other than Lunt Solar Systems, have nev...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:59 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Comet Lovejoy from JHelioviewer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 851
Comet Lovejoy from JHelioviewer
If you want to make your own video of Comet Lovejoy and lil' Amy like this one I did...
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]gaPeiLrL2RY[/video]
Then just download the free JHelioviewer software (PC or MAC) at this link:
J Helioviewer FreeWare
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]gaPeiLrL2RY[/video]
Then just download the free JHelioviewer software (PC or MAC) at this link:
J Helioviewer FreeWare
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Dont Know Why...sorry
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1321
Dont Know Why...sorry
Apparantly typing the word An*u*l*a*r has triggered some sort of Web Knight Application firewall warning on the NATCA host site that I use. Dont know why but I am investigating... Leave it to a bunch of nerds like us to find some crack in the armor that causes a problem. Anyway, please do not type t...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:54 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR1366
- Replies: 5
- Views: 652
Re: AR1366
AR stands for Active Region and it is just a numbered designator for activity on the Sun...
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:53 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: MASSIVE COMET GRAZES SUN!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 775
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:51 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: MASSIVE COMET GRAZES SUN!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 775
MASSIVE COMET GRAZES SUN!!!
OF COURSE IT WAS OVERCAST HERE IN ATLANTA BUT HERE IS THE FIRST VIDEOS FROM SDO OF COMET LOVEJOY GRAZING THE SUN!!!
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]eyo7bE0Mrto[/video]
[video width=600 height=400 type=youtube]eyo7bE0Mrto[/video]