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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

January 20th sun sketch
#5633519 - 01/20/13 04:36 PM

Hi.

Extremely windy today and I was anxious the possibility to open my dome. But because the angle of the wind coming from north-west, that was okay. The big problem was the blowing snow on my scopes and my drawing pad. So after completion of my sketch, I closed everything.

If weather predictions are good, I'll have another 5 clear days in a row with very very cold temperature. As I'm tough, I'll produce nice sketches for you guys.

Andre.

Edited by Andrev (01/20/13 07:08 PM)

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PeterDob
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/29/05

Loc: Carù, Italy

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[Re: Andrev]
#5633664 - 01/20/13 05:54 PM

That you are tough we know already. That you're extremely talented too. And lucky as well with the weather... What more could we possibly want?

Some serious flare activity there!

Peter

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Glen A W
sage

Reged: 07/04/08

Loc: WEST VIRGINIA USA

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[Re: PeterDob]
#5633765 - 01/20/13 06:49 PM

Very nice! It was windy here in West Virginia, too. GW

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: Glen A W]
#5633801 - 01/20/13 07:11 PM

Thank you guys. Well, I have to admit I'm a bit satisfied the sun is quiet. With cold weather, shorter it is to draw it, better is for me. Today's proms were very easy and quick to draw and it's okay for me considering I had to fight with the elements

Andre.

Edited by Andrev (01/20/13 07:19 PM)

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

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[Re: Andrev]
#5634262 - 01/21/13 01:15 AM

Andre,

Nice sketching. You are a tough soul.

Frank

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: frank5817]
#5634303 - 01/21/13 02:08 AM

Thanks Frank.

Andre

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JeanB
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/11/11

Loc: Montreal, Canada

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: Andrev]
#5634674 - 01/21/13 10:35 AM

Another very spectacular sketch my friend. I takes a lot of courage to go out there in this cold and the wind factor! The temperature today is a confortable -30°C with the wind factor. And the whole week is supposed to be pleasent like that!

Jean

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Special Ed
Postmaster

Reged: 05/18/03

Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: Andrev]
#5634685 - 01/21/13 10:42 AM

Andre,

Beautiful work. You are really good at reproducing the "orange peel" effect seen in H-alpha. It looks like much activity is still happening (I observed the day before your drawing with my PST) but the big AR 1654 has rotated almost completely out of sight.

Question: does the arrow in your drawings point to north? And which way is west? I'm not familiar with your scope so I don't know if it mirror-reverses the image. I'm assuming it does not.

@ Glen A W--where in WV are you?

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

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[Re: Andrev]
#5634794 - 01/21/13 11:58 AM

Andre,

Very good sketch of the Sun

.

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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[Re: niteskystargazer]
#5634929 - 01/21/13 01:02 PM

Thank you so much Jean, Michael and Tom.

Michael. Yes, the arrow point toward north orientation and west on this one is down. My scope flip once the sun.

Andre.

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Glen A W
sage

Reged: 07/04/08

Loc: WEST VIRGINIA USA

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[Re: Special Ed]
#5635136 - 01/21/13 02:52 PM

Ed - in Barbour county. We lived in Greenbrier when I was a child. My mother was a teacher in Fayette County. Here in Barbour, I have very good skies! GW

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Special Ed
Postmaster

Reged: 05/18/03

Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: Andrev]
#5635434 - 01/21/13 05:46 PM

Quote:

Thank you so much Jean, Michael and Tom.

Michael. Yes, the arrow point toward north orientation and west on this one is down. My scope flip once the sun.

Andre.

Andre, thanks for the response. If you have an odd number of reflections, then west would be up (counter-clockwise from north). See this SOHO image for reference--north is up and west is to the right.

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Special Ed
Postmaster

Reged: 05/18/03

Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W

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[Re: Glen A W]
#5635448 - 01/21/13 05:56 PM

Quote:

Ed - in Barbour county. We lived in Greenbrier when I was a child. My mother was a teacher in Fayette County. Here in Barbour, I have very good skies! GW

Thanks, Glen. I guess by good skies you mean dark. Mine are too--I am ~3 miles from Cold Knob. Steady skies are a different issue, at least here. And did you know that Elkins was named one of the 10 cloudiest cities in the continental US?

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maroubra_boy
sage

Reged: 09/08/09

Loc: Sydney, Australia

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: Special Ed]
#5635653 - 01/21/13 08:17 PM

Andre, you have developed an extraodinary technique for your solar sketches. Beautiful work.

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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[Re: maroubra_boy]
#5635741 - 01/21/13 09:19 PM

Thank you so much Maroubra boy and Michael. I'm glad you are pleased with my technique.

Andre.

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Glen A W
sage

Reged: 07/04/08

Loc: WEST VIRGINIA USA

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[Re: Special Ed]
#5636567 - 01/22/13 10:15 AM

Yes, dark, not steady! I am not far from Elkins, and I believe that 100%. The past two months have been terrible. I had a project to participate in with pros and got not a single good night during the 3.5 weeks window. GW

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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[Re: Glen A W]
#5636587 - 01/22/13 10:26 AM

Glen

Move, move, move... I wouldn't support that much clouds and especially living in the top 10 cloudiest cities. I'm glad I'm able to do that much sun sketches.

Andre

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Glen A W
sage

Reged: 07/04/08

Loc: WEST VIRGINIA USA

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[Re: Andrev]
#5636591 - 01/22/13 10:27 AM

Ah, but I can see the coat hangar naked eye, and Spruce Knob is the two counties over. GW

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geminijk
professor emeritus

Reged: 04/03/08

Loc: TN

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[Re: Glen A W]
#5637065 - 01/22/13 02:40 PM

WOW!!! That is fantastic, nice job!

John

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: January 20th sun sketch new

[Re: geminijk]
#5637545 - 01/22/13 06:55 PM

Hey John, welcome to my sketches. Nice to see a new fan. Thanks for your comment. I like when new peoples joined my fan club. Don't miss many more to come.

Thank you so much.

Andre.

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Chopin
Canis Insanus

Reged: 02/03/05

Loc: In the doghouse.

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