darkstar528
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Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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Not a cloud in the sky as I set up on the grass covered in frozen dew...Nothing but the chirp of a few distant birds, one or two blind roosters and the hum of a Deere off in a distant field moving hay bales...This may sound like normal noises to some of you, but I was born and raised in Baltimore City, I woke up to sirens, gunshots and car alarms, these type mornings after a year and half still have the same therapeutic effect they did when we moved here...
From my family to you and yours, we hope you have, or had already, a safe and Happy New Years!
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
I now Twitter daily solar info, follow me at @I_am_darkstar
Edited by darkstar528 (12/31/07 03:58 PM)
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Ralph Marantino
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yes excellent sketch the steady 15 mph wind blew away my morning clouds. 
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Lunt H-alpha LS100THa/B3400
Rockland Astronomy Club
Member BAA Solar Section
Central Appalachian Astronomy Club
Astronomical League
DSPST,PST & 70mm Coronado Cal K telescope.2.2A
Zeiss 2 inch prism diagonal&Zeiss Zoom EP
2inch APM Herschel Wedge in a 94mm F7 Brandon
14.5 inch f4.2 Starmaster Dob(Zambuto mirror)
TeleView Genisis SDF with 1000 Oaks Glass filter
Zeiss 63mm f13.5 refractor 1000 Oaks Glass filter
Itty Bitty Solar Radio Telescope.
LHRIES Lite Solar Spectrometer
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Howlt
sage
Reged: 02/14/07
Posts: 345
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Happy New Year to you too! I also woke up to a perfect blue sky morning which is bizarre because I checked the hour by hour forecast before I went to sleep at 4:45am. Each hour was listed as either mostly cloudy or cloudy. Hope the weather guys get it right in the coming year!
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Erix
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Loc: Texas, USA
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It does sound like a perfect morning, indeed. Congratulations on a great observation and sketch, Stephen.
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Erika
Automatic doors make me feel like a Jedi. 
Zhumell 16", 10" LX200 Classic,Celestron 102 XLT, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, AT6RC
PCW Memorial Observatory
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spaceydee
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Loc: Where the Kittens Are
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Very nice sketch!  I hope I can get out and look!
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Dee
space-scientist
student violinist
Nexstar8i,SV80S,80/9D,FC100,94 Brandon,TMB92SS,GM8
8" f/7 Discovery,12.5" Portaball, PST
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LarryAlvarez
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Loc: Texas
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Well done DS. How many does this make for the year? Clear Skyz, LA
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smc89
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Loc: Northern Berks Co. PA
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Excellent report, looks like something on the limb may be in view tomorrow or the next day as you have sketched.
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Scott M.
Canon 40D, 50D & G9
Coronado PST
Stellarvue 80ED
Orion XT8I Dob.
Orion XT12I Dob.
Celestron 15x70
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darkstar528
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Reged: 03/06/07
Posts: 9264
Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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Here is this month's animation: December Sketches Animated
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
I now Twitter daily solar info, follow me at @I_am_darkstar
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darkstar528
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Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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I don't think I've seen a prom and AR on the limb so bright...It was like a rock had been dropped in a puddle of plasma and it was shooting upwards...By the time I was done, it seemed to be half the height...But the brightness I saw was new to me...VERY KEWL!...I hope someone gets some images!...
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
I now Twitter daily solar info, follow me at @I_am_darkstar
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EmielVeldhuis
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/29/07
Posts: 2718
Loc: Zwolle, the Netherlands
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we're clouded out....but the sky is already litterd with fireworks
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http://astrosurf.com/obsolar/colabora/colaboradores/veldhuis.html
www.solarlive.nu
Experience our nearest GV2 star, live at SolarLive!
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spaceydee
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Wow!! I haven't left for my lunch break yet and you are making me want to skip it!
Great sketch!
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Dee
space-scientist
student violinist
Nexstar8i,SV80S,80/9D,FC100,94 Brandon,TMB92SS,GM8
8" f/7 Discovery,12.5" Portaball, PST
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darkstar528
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Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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That region is worth skipping lunch over, I'm going back out in about 30 to check it again!...
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
I now Twitter daily solar info, follow me at @I_am_darkstar
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smc89
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Loc: Northern Berks Co. PA
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It's always the good stuff that I miss while at work.  Hopefully tomorrow the skies will clear but the weather is calling for rain/snow showers. I just can't catch a break. 
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Scott M.
Canon 40D, 50D & G9
Coronado PST
Stellarvue 80ED
Orion XT8I Dob.
Orion XT12I Dob.
Celestron 15x70
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EmielVeldhuis
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Reged: 01/29/07
Posts: 2718
Loc: Zwolle, the Netherlands
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Hopefully a good start for 2008....about 18minutes to go...
they promised lots of sun on wednsday
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8" LX10 SCT,Skywatcher NEQ6pro,Vixen SP,Skywatcher 150/1200mm refractor, Coronado PST's: Gold and Blue,Lunt LS60T-HA and CaK b/600, b/wToUcamSC3RAWmod.and a DMK 31AU03as.
http://astrosurf.com/obsolar/colabora/colaboradores/veldhuis.html
www.solarlive.nu
Experience our nearest GV2 star, live at SolarLive!
www.solarlive.nu
Edited by EmielVeldhuis (12/31/07 05:44 PM)
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novbabies
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Loc: Northern Georgia!
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Wow, great sketches !!
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Good Seeing!
Mark
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector
Assorted binoculars
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darkstar528
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Reged: 03/06/07
Posts: 9264
Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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Thank you all!...Happy New Years!
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
BAA Member
My solar site:
http://seemysunspot.com
I now Twitter daily solar info, follow me at @I_am_darkstar
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