Sunday, February 25, 2007

Our Interesting Sun


Just had to post this one:
With a bit of a clear patch, before the afternoon thunderstorms set in, I took the opportunity to catch a look at the sun.
The loan of a Coronado PST telescope for the month from a GAA club member was the motivating factor.
At first the views were a little disappointing, that was until I got the filter tuning just right & swapped to an 8 mm Teleview Radian eyepiece.
What a difference
Not being much of an Astro-photographer, but still wanting to share the beauty of this view (which i cant get out of my head) I have attached a (crude) sketch.

Sunspot 944 is in itself interesting having survived 5 solar rotations !
Picking up a new # each time it comes back into view
I hope someone out there might be able to image this.

3 Comments:

At 7:15 AM, Blogger mark_smith said...

Nice drawing :) got a chance to observe sunspot 944 today myself.

Mark

 
At 12:14 AM, Anonymous Graeme (hogly52) said...

Time to open the envelope of astro-photography and push the boundaries Ian!

Cheers!

Graeme

 
At 9:26 PM, Blogger n-tohn said...

Hey Ian,
I am a photographer now!
I am on a reef boat in Whitsundays
Love to see your photos some day, your pics are unreal!great stuff
I am experimenting with the sky
meteor showers I am attempting

here are my phots
www.flickr.com\photos\planetanton
blue moons and lotsa sun effects

Anton

 

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