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 Special Ed Post Laureate Reged: 05/18/03 Posts: 4233 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Visual Obs. AR1024 @ 2000 UT July 4th       #3199024 - 07/04/09 04:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I set up the PST this AM but the clouds wouldn't go away. I could see the Sun through the clouds but they were too thick to allow me to see the active region. Finally this afternoon they thinned enough for me to see something (for about 5 minutes). I was still looking through clouds but the AR is bright! I checked the GOES plot and it was creeping up at the time of my observation but has since leveled off. Visually, the AR appeared as a big checkmark almost on the central meridian with the large sunspot at the end of the long arm of the check. It leads the rest of the sunspot group. The big spot is prominent in Ha, but the little spots were only really visible when I detuned the PST towards the WL side. I was looking at 27x, 33x, and 40x. I would estimate that the big spot was about the same diameter as Earth. I did not detect the split in it. -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Edited by Special Ed (07/05/09 07:17 AM) Post Extras:       marktownley Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/19/08 Posts: 2187 Loc: West Midlands, UK Re: Visual Obs. AR1024 @ 2000 UT [Re: Special Ed]       #3199087 - 07/04/09 05:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It's been a visual feast today! Post Extras:       mbucky professor emeritus Reged: 10/21/07 Posts: 606 Loc: San Diego Re: Visual Obs. AR1024 @ 2000 UT [Re: marktownley]       #3199667 - 07/05/09 12:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   thanks for the report. what a great 4th of july! -------------------- Michael Buxton Lunt 75F BF1200 Takahashi TSA 102 DMK 21AU04 CCD Orion Atlas EQ Post Extras:       Special Ed Post Laureate Reged: 05/18/03 Posts: 4233 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Visual Obs. AR1024 @ 2000 UT [Re: mbucky]       #3199857 - 07/05/09 07:08 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks--nice to have fireworks supplied by the Sun. Looks like it will rain all day here--glad it's a big world. I'll be following the AR virtually thanks to folks in sunnier climes. -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 13 registered and 6 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Don W, spaceydee  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 164 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Observing* -----   NEO   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space Exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks CN Forums Home

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