Session Data Date: 15/01/2025 Time: 11:07 – 12:07 UT Seeing: I. Excellent Transparency: I. Extremely clear Temp: 9 C, Air Pressure: 1036 mb Humidity: 88% Dew Point: 7 C Wind Speed: 6 mph Scope: TMB 80 f/6 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM , SBIG G filter. No Darks or Flats taken. All Images are North up and East to the Left Click image for larger version Solar Parameters Bo: -4.61 degrees Lo: 245.93 degrees P:…
EAA Observing Session 9, January
Session Data Date: 09/01/2025 Time: 11:20 – 12:20 UT Seeing: I. Excellent Transparency: III. Clear with slight haze Temp: 5 C, Air Pressure: 1014 mb Humidity: 78% Dew Point: 2 C Wind Speed: 6 mph Scope: TMB 80 f/6 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM , SBIG G filter. No Darks or Flats taken. All Images are North up and East to the Left Click image for larger version Solar Parameters Bo: -3.98 degrees Lo: 324.82…
Solar Observing Session 13, November
Session Data Date: 13/11/2024 Time: 14:59 – 15:29 UT Seeing: I. Excellent Transparency: IV. Poor with heavy haze Temp: 9 C, Air Pressure: 1036mb Humidity: 87% Dew Point: 7C Wind Speed: 6 mph Scope: TMB 80 f/6 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM , SBIG G filter. No Darks or Flats taken.
Solar Observing Session: 27, October
The Sun Session Data Date: 27/9/2024 Time: 11:19 – 12:59 UT Seeing: I. Excellent Transparency: III. Clear with slight haze. Temp: 12 C, Air Pressure: 1025mb Humidity: 78% Dew Point: 8C Wind Speed: 3mph Scope: TMB 80 f/6 Camera: ZWO ASI 183MM , SBIG G filter. No Darks or Flats taken. Currently testing ASCOM Alpaca allowing me to control the mount using a Astroplanner that is installed on my main machine in the office,…
Sunspot AR3664 Development 6/12 May
While I missed the actual Auroral lightshow on the night of 11th and Morning of the 12th May, I did have a number of clear days in the days leading up to it. I was able to draw the development of Sunspot AR3664 in a series of six drawings made over 7 days 6m May 14:22 UT 7th May 10:26 UT 9, May 17:43 UT 10, May 13:37 UT 11, May 14:16 UT 12,…
100 Solar Observations
I’ve been actively making Sunspot observations and submitting then to the BAA & AVVSO Solar databases since August 2022. But today, I made my 100th observation of the Sun. In the great scheme of Solar observing I guess this isn’t a particularly high number of observations, but it’s a milestone nonetheless. Things have changed over those 100 observations. The most dramatic of which is the accuracy and information recorded now. To illustrate this, there…