Session time is 15:49 to 17:11 UTC. Very intermittent due to a mostly cloudy sky. The seeing is below average. The temperature is 81F.
Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS. 32x and 44.5x ( Ha )
I can easily see 5 AR plage areas on the solar disc today. AR12827 is now located in the far NW and will be gone soon. This AR shows a radiation pattern of filaments and spicules around the plage. A spot can be seen too. I can also see another small bright plage NE of it. AR12829 in the SE is easy. I can see two filaments emanating from the plage structure. I can also see a smattering of small filaments SE of it. AR12828 in the SW is certainly easier than it was yesterday being much brighter. A small plage lies to it's SW near the limb. I can also see a disturbance in the field of mottles in the NE.
Outside of the aforementioned filaments I can see two thin ones in the NNW and a thin one near the SW limb.
In doublestack I can see three prominences. A small bright one on the NE limb and another one on the NW limb. I also see one on the SW limb.
The mottles are visible across the solar disc today.
Celestron NexStar 102GT w/Altair wedge and 540nm filter. 55x ( WL )
I can see only three spots in AR12827. The large NE spot still sports a nice penumbra surrounding it's darker umbra. The faculae to the system is faintly visible. I can see a single pore in the system NE of it. SDO HMIc shows two. I can count 7 spots in AR12829 in the SE. SDO HMIc shows 10+ spots/pores. The largest spot is in the NW side of the group. AR12828 in the SW surprisingly shows two pores and a new system SW of it nearing the limb shows two pores in a fairly long bright patch of faculae. SDOHMIc shows 4 pores there!
I can see a large low contrast scattered patch of faculae in the NE but I see no spots or pores within it.
I can see the fine granulation but not that well and even then more towards the disc center.
Carpe Noctem!
James
I also ordered a Sky-Watcher AZGTI mount for my smaller scopes. It should work on my Coronado 60, Orion70 and Astro-Tech AT72EDII refractors. It has GoTo capability and will track Solar, Lunar and Sidereal.
At a later date I'll get a larger tracking mount for the Coronado 90 and Celestron 102. Maybe a Celestron AVX. I also plan on getting a Lunt CaK module for the Astro-Tech AT72EDII.
June 5 2021 Observations.
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June 5 2021 Observations.
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Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
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Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
James:
Your report helped me today because it was clouded, but suddenly it cleared but with running clouds, so got to the roof observatory and started recording, had moments with very good seeing.
Best regards,
Eric.
Your report helped me today because it was clouded, but suddenly it cleared but with running clouds, so got to the roof observatory and started recording, had moments with very good seeing.
Best regards,
Eric.
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
I am glad I could help you Eric. I await your images. Over the last week my weather has degraded a lot. Many more clouds and worse seeing. The upcoming week looks even worse.
We support each other here. Some of us get sessions in while others are clouded out. It's a fairly rare thing when nobody gets a session in on a given day. And if that happens we always have the GONG network and SDO to fall back on.
So as a solar community we can cover the Sun 24/7 !
Blessings,
James
We support each other here. Some of us get sessions in while others are clouded out. It's a fairly rare thing when nobody gets a session in on a given day. And if that happens we always have the GONG network and SDO to fall back on.
So as a solar community we can cover the Sun 24/7 !
Blessings,
James
Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces
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Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
Thanks James for the report.
In a moment some new surface-detail will be shown via SDO, so its' all happening to keep us busy...
I was hoping for a very early capture or two, but clouds are gonna interfere...
Cheers
Terry
In a moment some new surface-detail will be shown via SDO, so its' all happening to keep us busy...
I was hoping for a very early capture or two, but clouds are gonna interfere...
Cheers
Terry
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
I hope clouds allow me a peek at the Sun tomorrow. Right now it doesn't look good. Thanks for the heads up via the SDO.
Goodnight Terry.
James
Goodnight Terry.
James
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Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
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Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
Nice report James! I'm having a day seeing if I can get caught up on all my images from the past week.
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
That's a great report James, interestingly when I was scanning the Sun with the C11 I came across 2 pores which weren't with the usual 2 main groups. I had absolutely no idea where I was on the Sun because I get so confused. At least I know I wasn't seeing things then
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Re: June 5 2021 Observations.
Nope, they are legit, Alexandra.
Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces
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Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces
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