AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
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AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Hey all,
It has been a hot minute since I've been able to do much or see much due to terrible storms this year, non-stop hurricanes and tropical storms, to the point of exhausting the greek alphabet and hit a total of 27 storms in just a short season. So I think it's been 2 solid months since I've been able to do anything astronomy related other than quick peaks from a small setup at night. Storms are still happening, so this morning was a fluke. My laptop was limping along after a few spills on the keyboard so I had to do a work around with a desktop for a while and it's significantly slower on the USB bus, so that's the next thing to work on is replacing it. It's always something!
AR2778 is a fairly interesting region with a nice sunspot. Nice pores and umbra and visible umbra. It appears to be a class D sunspot (please correct me if this is not correct!). It actively flared while imaging this morning and it was changing rather rapidly with all the activity which is a nice change of pace. I didn't have much time due to incoming stormy weather and my seeing was not superb with the moisture, so barely average and not supportive of my image scale, so this image series is lower resolution than it could have been. Seeing conditions went sub-arc sometimes but mostly stayed over an arc-second so I would have had more success with a smaller aperture but there was no time to swap it all out and start again with incoming weather. Still a very interesting region!
B&W:
Colored:
Seeing Conditions:
Unsupportive of resolution potential of the C8 this morning, but had no time. Hovered just over an arc-second. Should have used 120mm~150mm.
Equipment:
C8 Edge + full aperture D-ERF (Primary D-ERF)
PST Etalon Filter + 10mm BF
Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (2nd D-ERF and WL imaging filter)
ASI290MM camera
Very best,
It has been a hot minute since I've been able to do much or see much due to terrible storms this year, non-stop hurricanes and tropical storms, to the point of exhausting the greek alphabet and hit a total of 27 storms in just a short season. So I think it's been 2 solid months since I've been able to do anything astronomy related other than quick peaks from a small setup at night. Storms are still happening, so this morning was a fluke. My laptop was limping along after a few spills on the keyboard so I had to do a work around with a desktop for a while and it's significantly slower on the USB bus, so that's the next thing to work on is replacing it. It's always something!
AR2778 is a fairly interesting region with a nice sunspot. Nice pores and umbra and visible umbra. It appears to be a class D sunspot (please correct me if this is not correct!). It actively flared while imaging this morning and it was changing rather rapidly with all the activity which is a nice change of pace. I didn't have much time due to incoming stormy weather and my seeing was not superb with the moisture, so barely average and not supportive of my image scale, so this image series is lower resolution than it could have been. Seeing conditions went sub-arc sometimes but mostly stayed over an arc-second so I would have had more success with a smaller aperture but there was no time to swap it all out and start again with incoming weather. Still a very interesting region!
B&W:
Colored:
Seeing Conditions:
Unsupportive of resolution potential of the C8 this morning, but had no time. Hovered just over an arc-second. Should have used 120mm~150mm.
Equipment:
C8 Edge + full aperture D-ERF (Primary D-ERF)
PST Etalon Filter + 10mm BF
Baader Red CCD-IR Block Filter (2nd D-ERF and WL imaging filter)
ASI290MM camera
Very best,
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Interesting is an understatement. Well done.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Awesome imaging Marty!! It's truly an interesting active region.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Super images Marty! Glad to see you back. Florida weather has not very conducive for imaging for quite a while. Today was a little better. I made it out today too, after a long dry spell from imaging.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Fabulous images Marty. (I'm not surprised about the flare in 2278, which did seem likely).
A very interesting report and presentation too. The colouring is awesome and almost mind-blowing too.
Thanks vm
Terry
A very interesting report and presentation too. The colouring is awesome and almost mind-blowing too.
Thanks vm
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Marty,
Your images re-enforce what I saw visually today in that AR. The filaments bridging sunspots. The spicule layer being blown away by the magnetic winds of the AR. It was a sight to behold. It's the best I have seen visually today considering detail in an active region. But I have only been doing Ha for a year and a half. I'll be late for work at solar maximum!
Nice images. BIG thumbs up!
James
Your images re-enforce what I saw visually today in that AR. The filaments bridging sunspots. The spicule layer being blown away by the magnetic winds of the AR. It was a sight to behold. It's the best I have seen visually today considering detail in an active region. But I have only been doing Ha for a year and a half. I'll be late for work at solar maximum!
Nice images. BIG thumbs up!
James
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Marty:
A beautiful active zone, you had good seeing.
Best wishes,
Eric.
A beautiful active zone, you had good seeing.
Best wishes,
Eric.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
So good to see your work again!
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Sounds like it has been a bit of a nightmare weather wise, Marty. Beautiful images, though, in generally tough conditions.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Nice images there Marty
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
I'm glad you survived the summer Marty, let's hope the weather calms down for you now for a good winter of observations. The Sun is certainly waking up for you These are fabulous images
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Great, thanks. Clouds here again
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Great Imaging Marty, looks like we'll miss the best of this AR here in Brisbane due to 3 days of thunderstorms and torrential rain.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Great images, Marty. Thanks for sharing your work.
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Re: AR2778 Flaring, HA & WL | Oct 27th 2020
Top shots Marty. We seem to be in that run of autumn weather too, another week passes me by and i'm unable to observe.
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