8th September, sunpot on a spotless day

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8th September, sunpot on a spotless day

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I was expecting a spotless sun but as the seeing was ok and I tried the Newtonian 200mm for granulation in white light. I was amazed to see a group of small spots. I did a CaK FD to locate them and a cropped view in CaK to compare.
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Great results Robert! Raining down here today so glad you've got better conditions.


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Thanks Mark. It was lovely and warm but now cool and cloudy!


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Wow!! what a catch, a brand new AR :hamster:

Great shots Robert and glad you have better weather than down here ;)

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Re: 8th September, sunpot on a spotless day

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Good catch Robert. The group has now numer AR12721

Cloudy here ...

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PDB wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 4:00 pm Good catch Robert. The group has now numer AR12721

Cloudy here ...

Paul
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Very nice images, Robert. Here cloudy and rainy also....

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Re: 8th September, sunpot on a spotless day

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Looking good, Robert, nice images. Raining here too.

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Robert:
Nice session.
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Thanks Eric, Stu, Franco and Alexandra


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Re: 8th September, sunpot on a spotless day

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Good work, Robert, your images on Flickr are very nice.


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