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- Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:16 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Full disc through the clouds
- Replies: 10
- Views: 495
Re: Full disc through the clouds
Nice image Paulm. Whats the non-inverted image look like?
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 29th Dec Solar images
- Replies: 8
- Views: 379
Re: 29th Dec Solar images
Thank you everyone for your comments. Best wishes for the new year. May we have lots of sun.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:54 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Seestar S50 | Solar & Lunar imaging (Raw Videos) | Pedro RE'
- Replies: 14
- Views: 869
Re: Seestar S50 | Solar & Lunar imaging (Raw Videos) | Pedro RE'
Looks like an interesting device Pedro - well recorded.
Cheers, John W
Cheers, John W
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:19 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 29th Dec Solar images
- Replies: 8
- Views: 379
29th Dec Solar images
29th Dec. SE Australia....Cloudy this morning but I managed to get a few images of the Sun thru gaps in the clouds. Sunspot activity has been fairly low but there are numerous filaments and flares. First image is at 540 nm to show the sunspots. Second and third images are at Ha wavelength (656 nm) t...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Another Seestar S50 FD 12/24/2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1099
Re: Another Seestar S50 FD 12/24/2023
Thats terrific for the S50 - well done.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:55 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sol from the 20th of December 2023.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 786
Re: Sol from the 20th of December 2023.
Nice detail Eric - well recorded.
Regards John W.
Regards John W.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: December 20 2023. Cloudy here so it's Slooh today.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 998
Re: December 20 2023. Cloudy here so it's Slooh today.
Certainly some interesting features on the sun at the moment.
Thanks James, Cheers John W.
Thanks James, Cheers John W.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:10 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 20th Dec Large filament on Sun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 628
20th Dec Large filament on Sun
20th Dec (SE Australia) There is a large filament on the Sun in the NE sector. I measured it at around 466,000 km in length. A filament is a prominence seen against the Sun's surface rather than on the limb. Two Ha images are presented - one showing the NE sector and the other the SW sector. Both ar...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:19 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 13
- Views: 915
Re: 15th Dec Solar flare action
Thank you everyone. It will be interesting to see what activity the Sun will produce for the rest of this year.
Cheers from John W.
Cheers from John W.
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 13
- Views: 915
Re: 15th Dec Solar flare action
Thank you everybody - always good to capture flares.
Maybe solar activity is on the rise again.
Cheers, John W
Maybe solar activity is on the rise again.
Cheers, John W
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:23 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Comet and X-flare SOHO
- Replies: 10
- Views: 755
Re: Comet and X-flare SOHO
A great event to see Steen.
Thanks, John W.
Thanks, John W.
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:32 am
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 5
- Views: 447
Re: 15th Dec Solar flare action
Thanks James - yes also significant flaring around 3517. This is an pretty active region.
Regards, John W
Regards, John W
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:32 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 13
- Views: 915
Re: 15th Dec Solar flare action
Thanks James - yes also significant flaring around 3517. This is an pretty active region.
Regards, John W
Regards, John W
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:30 am
- Forum: SPoD Archive
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 5
- Views: 447
15th Dec Solar flare action
15th Dec I was imaging the Sun this morning at the same time a solar flare was occurring near AR3514. This turned out to be the strongest flare so far for this year - an X2.8 flare. I have posted 3 images - this first shows the location of the sunspots including AR 3514, taken at 540 nm wavelength. ...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:30 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 15th Dec Solar flare action
- Replies: 13
- Views: 915
15th Dec Solar flare action
15th Dec I was imaging the Sun this morning at the same time a solar flare was occurring near AR3514. This turned out to be the strongest flare so far for this year - an X2.8 flare. I have posted 3 images - this first shows the location of the sunspots including AR 3514, taken at 540 nm wavelength. ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:31 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun in Ha 12/13/2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 657
Re: Sun in Ha 12/13/2023
An interesting set of images Warren - well recorded.
Regards,
John W
Regards,
John W
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:45 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 4th to 8th Dec Sunspot
- Replies: 6
- Views: 434
4th to 8th Dec Sunspot
Three images are shown of the sunspots on 4th, 6th and 8th December as a record of the movement and shape changes during this period. All are single exposures with a Canon 550d camera. A lot of small spots and a couple of larger ones. The most prominent spot is AR3507. IMG_5350 c.jpg IMG_5355 c.jpg ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:00 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Lots to observe in WL, CaK and Ha 12/6/2023
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: Lots to observe in WL, CaK and Ha 12/6/2023
Nice set of images Warren - well recorded. Regards, John W.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:00 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2 Dec. Sunspot number update
- Replies: 6
- Views: 439
2 Dec. Sunspot number update
2nd Dec. The month of November showed another fairly weak period of sunspot activity - the average monthly count was 105.4 which was slightly higher than the count for October (99.4). The graph shows the variation during this year till the end of November (source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology Sp...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sol 24-11-23 Cak & WL
- Replies: 7
- Views: 486
Re: Sol 24-11-23 Cak & WL
Terrific CaK shots. Thanks Steve.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: This is my first post
- Replies: 15
- Views: 808
Re: This is my first post
Welcome and keep the images coming.
Cheers from John W (Australia).
Cheers from John W (Australia).
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: November 29 2023 Ha Observations.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 461
Re: November 29 2023 Ha Observations.
Plenty of features to observe at the moment James - good report.
Regards, John W
Regards, John W
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Almost an X Class 11/28/2023
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2307
Re: Almost an X Class 11/28/2023
Terrific captures Warren and well presented.
regards, John W.
regards, John W.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 27th Nov Solar images from down under
- Replies: 12
- Views: 783
Re: 27th Nov Solar images from down under
Reply to DeepSolar 64.
Hi James, All my images are taken with the camera set for colour (not mono B&W and colourized during processing). And I don't do stacking just single exposures.
Hi James, All my images are taken with the camera set for colour (not mono B&W and colourized during processing). And I don't do stacking just single exposures.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: November 28 2023 Observations.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 398
Re: November 28 2023 Observations.
Good report James.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:47 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sol from the 25th of November 2023.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 856
Re: Sol from the 25th of November 2023.
Terrific images Eric - lots of detail. Must have taken a while to process.
Regards,
John W.
Regards,
John W.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:22 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Saturday Sunshine and clouds
- Replies: 18
- Views: 728
Re: Saturday Sunshine and clouds
Good variety of images Alexandra. Well recorded and presented despite the cloud.
Regards, John W.
Regards, John W.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:26 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun FD in H-Alpha November 24th 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 718
Re: Sun FD in H-Alpha November 24th 2023
Really nice set of images Arne, esp. the aurora. Well done.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:25 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Saturdays Trio of Disks 25th November
- Replies: 14
- Views: 703
Re: Saturdays Trio of Disks 25th November
Nice set of images Mark - well done. Interesting to see you get better images at low temp.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:46 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 27th Nov Solar images from down under
- Replies: 12
- Views: 783
27th Nov Solar images from down under
27th Nov. Many features on the Sun today and a clear morning. The first image is at 540 nm to show the sunspots (lots of them). The active regions are labelled. The other 4 images are at Ha wavelength (656 nm) to show the filaments, prominences, flares and surface features. All are single exposures ...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: SUNocular Observations. Nov 22 2023.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 420
Re: SUNocular Observations. Nov 22 2023.
Good report James - regards, John W.
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:03 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solar Sailing 1 hour animation NE limb
- Replies: 15
- Views: 949
Re: Solar Sailing 1 hour animation NE limb
Nice images Peter - an interesting region well recorded.
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:59 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 8th Nov .. 3 days of Sunspots
- Replies: 8
- Views: 424
Re: 8th Nov .. 3 days of Sunspots
Thank you everybody for your comments. We seem to be in a quiet period of solar activity at the moment. We get the odd larger sunspot but nothing really large. Cheers, John W.
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:43 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 8th Nov .. 3 days of Sunspots
- Replies: 8
- Views: 424
8th Nov .. 3 days of Sunspots
8th Nov. I managed to get an image of the Sun on 3 successive days ... Nov 6th, 7th and 8th. Each pic was taken mid morning. The main sunspot group is AR 3477 with other smaller groups. Each image is a single exposure taken with a Canon 550d camera attached to an 81 mm WO refractor, Herschel wedge a...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:06 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun in H-alpha and Calcium H-Line of 06.11.2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 410
Re: Sun in H-alpha and Calcium H-Line of 06.11.2023
Nice detail in those images Ross - well done.
Regards,
John W.
Regards,
John W.
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Updated sunspot count
- Replies: 9
- Views: 558
Re: Updated sunspot count
Thanks everyone for your comments ... it will be interesting to see what happens with sunspot numbers for the rest of this year. Will we see an increase in numbers or will the numbers keep dropping ??
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Updated sunspot count
- Replies: 9
- Views: 558
Updated sunspot count
2 Nov 2023. The end of October saw a decrease in the average daily sunspot count which came in at 99.4. The graph below shows the variations in the av. monthly count during this year. This low monthly count for October was expected as the size and number of sunspots was continually small compared to...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: October 25 2023 Observations. Calm Sun.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 838
Re: October 25 2023 Observations. Calm Sun.
James, things seem to be quiet lately on the Sun - will be interesting to see what happens over the next few months.
Regards, John W.
Regards, John W.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:33 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Calcium Sun October 25, 2023
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1225
Re: Calcium Sun October 25, 2023
Nice set of images Franco - well done.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:28 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Oct 3rd Ha disk
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1669
Re: Oct 3rd Ha disk
A well recorded image - nice detail.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:27 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: October 1st Ha Collection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1922
Re: October 1st Ha Collection
Really nice detail in those images Brian - well done.
Regards, john W.
Regards, john W.
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:38 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2nd oct - Sunspot numbers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1337
Re: 2nd oct - Sunspot numbers
Thank you everybody for your comments - it will be interesting to see sunspot numbers this month.
Cheers, John W
Cheers, John W
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:40 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2nd oct - Sunspot numbers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1337
2nd oct - Sunspot numbers
2nd October. The average sunspot count for September was 133.6 - this was higher than last month's figure of 114.9. The highest count for this year is 163.4 (June). The updated graph is shown below - the yellow line shows the average monthly count, the green line the smoothed count and the purple cr...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:31 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: September 30th Session
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1400
Re: September 30th Session
Nice detail in those images Brian - well done.
Cheers, John W
Cheers, John W
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Ha Sun October 1, 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1972
Re: Ha Sun October 1, 2023
Nice images Franco - thanks for posting.
Cheers,
John W
Cheers,
John W
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:37 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sun September 17, 2023 - Ha
- Replies: 11
- Views: 452
Re: Sun September 17, 2023 - Ha
Nice close up images Franco. Interesting features.
Cheers, John W.
Cheers, John W.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:44 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Short morning session with AR210 16.09.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 269
Re: Short morning session with AR210 16.09.
Interesting captures Petr.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:42 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: The big prom and filament from Sept 16/23
- Replies: 7
- Views: 351
Re: The big prom and filament from Sept 16/23
Good captures Lou.
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:36 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 15th September 2023 France
- Replies: 21
- Views: 773
Re: 15th September 2023 France
Terrific detail in those images Alexandra. Well done.
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:17 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 17th Sept - Sun at two wavelengths.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 207
17th Sept - Sun at two wavelengths.
17th Sept. I have been following the large prominence on the SW limb for a few days. Better sky conditions today helped get better images. The first image shows the sunspots (taken at 540 nm), the second image at 656 nm (Ha) shows the SW sector of the Sun with the large prominence. Both images are s...