You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Solar Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 darkstar528 Postmaster Reged: 03/06/07 Posts: 6784 Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA 110509 - new AR and a few proms       #3430615 - 11/05/09 09:09 AM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Small but very bright AR emerged overnight!...I didn't see the 2nd one ;-( -------------------- Blue skies, Stephen "Darkstar" Ames PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP CFI, CFII, MEI, working on EIEIO! BAA Member My solar site: http://seemysunspot.com Edited by darkstar528 (11/05/09 09:15 AM) Post Extras:       marktownley Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/19/08 Posts: 2257 Loc: West Midlands, UK Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: darkstar528]       #3430648 - 11/05/09 09:22 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Kool and the gang! Post Extras:       blb sage Reged: 11/25/05 Posts: 214 Loc: Piedmont NC Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: marktownley]       #3431010 - 11/05/09 12:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hey darkstar, I just went out to look at the sun (12:15pm EST) and could see four small sunspot's in white light. I was using my AR66 refractor with a 7mm eyepiece @57x with a white light solar filter. They were small and went in and out of view with the seeing but were definitely there, two pair close together where the AR is shown on your sketch. Clear skies, Buddy -------------------- C-11, C-6, XT10i Dob, ETX125PE, TV102, & AT66 Post Extras:       darkstar528 Postmaster Reged: 03/06/07 Posts: 6784 Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: blb]       #3431021 - 11/05/09 12:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanx ya'll! I'll going to view again, wx pending... -------------------- Blue skies, Stephen "Darkstar" Ames PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP CFI, CFII, MEI, working on EIEIO! BAA Member My solar site: http://seemysunspot.com Post Extras:       cuwohler Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/24/08 Posts: 1981 Loc: N 53.1 E 10.0 Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: darkstar528]       #3431114 - 11/05/09 01:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice sketch Stephen! -------------------- Cai-Uso http://www.cuwohler.de/ Post Extras:       pjr200 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/29/07 Posts: 2406 Loc: Staffordshire, UK Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: cuwohler]       #3431137 - 11/05/09 01:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great report Stephen! -------------------- Best regards Paul Robertson My Gallery Post Extras:       swisswalter sage Reged: 03/29/09 Posts: 404 Loc: Eastern-Switzerland Re: 110509 - new AR and a few proms [Re: pjr200]       #3432318 - 11/06/09 04:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   hi stephen wunderful. i just wait for the clouds to roll off walter -------------------- only dust in the wind, TAK on GM8, Lunt 60, DMK31,still greenhorn, but as a golfer used to be humble Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 3 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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