KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

this is the main message area for anything solar :)
Post Reply
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Tuesday at around mid-day, SDO shows what is coming our way now.

Hopefully as good as AR2781...

Cheers
Terry
Attachments
latest_512_HMII.jpg
latest_512_HMII.jpg (28.41 KiB) Viewed 553 times
latest_512_1700.jpg
latest_512_1700.jpg (45.1 KiB) Viewed 553 times
latest_512_0304.jpg
latest_512_0304.jpg (58.79 KiB) Viewed 553 times


User avatar
Rusted
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1738
Joined: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:00 am
Location: Central Denmark
Has thanked: 8016 times
Been thanked: 1938 times
Contact:

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by Rusted »

Thanks for the heads up. :bow

Two days of heavy overcast in a row. :cry:
I'll just fire up Stellarium to check where the sun should have been today. ;)


http://fullerscopes.blogspot.dk/

H-alpha: Baader 160mm D-ERF, iStar 150/10 H-alpha objective, 2" Baader 35nm H-a, 2" Beloptik KG3,
Lunt 60MT etalon, Lunt B1200S2 BF, Assorted T-S GPCs or 2x "Shorty" Barlow, ZWO ASI174.
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Ha Ha Rusted.
My chief Flying Instructor taught me to "Stick my finger out, and if gets wet - it's raining"
"If you can light a fag outside - there is not much wind"
"Watch the way the smoke drifts, for wind-direction"
"If you can't see the smoke, it was probably too-windy to light the fag outside - in the first place"..

Oooh Aaah !!

PS NO WIND, LITTLE SUN-SHINE & TOO LOW, 17-degreesC - so Summer again...

Terry


User avatar
DeepSolar64
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 18823
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:19 am
Location: Lowndesville S.C.
Has thanked: 17572 times
Been thanked: 16692 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by DeepSolar64 »

Terry,
I almost signed up to take flying lessons back in the mid-90s. Cost stopped me. I wish I would have. It costs a lot more now.

James


Lunt 8x32 SUNoculars
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope
Celestron AstroMaster Alt/Az Mount
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS
Meade Coronado SolarMax II 90 DS
Meade Coronado AZS Alt/Az Mount
Astro-Tech AT72EDII with Altair solar wedge
Celestron NexStar 102GT with Altair solar wedge
Losmandy AZ8 Alt/Az Mount
Sky-Watcher AZGTI Alt-Az GoTo mount
Cameras: ZWO ASI178MM, PGR Grasshopper, PGR Flea
Lunt, Coronado, TeleVue, Orion and Meade eyepieces

Image Visual Observer
" Way more fun to see it! "
User avatar
Montana
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 34560
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:25 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Has thanked: 17667 times
Been thanked: 8787 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by Montana »

Excellent news!!

Alexandra


User avatar
eroel
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 9408
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:45 pm
Location: México D.F.
Been thanked: 4904 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by eroel »

Terry:
Good news.
Thanks.
Eric.


EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Thank you Eric, Alexandra and James.
Should be able to see whether spots or whatever, although I thought it looks like a spot and tomorrow should confirm that.

James, Yes it is expensive to learn to fly, albeit many U.K.r's seem to prefer to go to the states for flight-training, possibly because of the weather in some areas there - is better than the U.K.

Here the ability to legally-share flying costs does help to keep those costs down.

CLEAR SKIES (and of contrails too - helps)
Terry


EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

AR2782 is now "C-CLASS " flaring with spots too at Thursday AM

Terry


User avatar
Rusted
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1738
Joined: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:00 am
Location: Central Denmark
Has thanked: 8016 times
Been thanked: 1938 times
Contact:

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by Rusted »

EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:30 pm Ha Ha Rusted.
My chief Flying Instructor taught me to "Stick my finger out, and if gets wet - it's raining"
"If you can light a fag outside - there is not much wind"
"Watch the way the smoke drifts, for wind-direction"
"If you can't see the smoke, it was probably too-windy to light the fag outside - in the first place"..

Oooh Aaah !!

PS NO WIND, LITTLE SUN-SHINE & TOO LOW, 17-degreesC - so Summer again...

Terry
If the cloud doesn't clear soon I shall qualify for an official SAD badge for my solar imaging cap. ;)
SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder or winter depression.


http://fullerscopes.blogspot.dk/

H-alpha: Baader 160mm D-ERF, iStar 150/10 H-alpha objective, 2" Baader 35nm H-a, 2" Beloptik KG3,
Lunt 60MT etalon, Lunt B1200S2 BF, Assorted T-S GPCs or 2x "Shorty" Barlow, ZWO ASI174.
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Yes Rusted, you are not alone with the bad weather affecting both our areas and the forecast is showing more to come.

I'm just spending the down-time with some new-gear, so at least not all lost here and in any case so little time with the low-down Sun at the observatory, that at least I've something else to do with eventual Sola-imaging etc., and imaging from a different location...

Cheers
Terry


User avatar
Rusted
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1738
Joined: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:00 am
Location: Central Denmark
Has thanked: 8016 times
Been thanked: 1938 times
Contact:

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by Rusted »

EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:27 pm Yes Rusted, you are not alone with the bad weather affecting both our areas and the forecast is showing more to come.

I'm just spending the down-time with some new-gear, so at least not all lost here and in any case so little time with the low-down Sun at the observatory, that at least I've something else to do with eventual Sola-imaging etc., and imaging from a different location...

Cheers
Terry
Enjoy! :D

It's not all bad! Cloudy weather gives us the time to do all the things we promised we would when it was sunny.
Like fitting a bigger PSU, case and cooling fan, fusebox with fuses and a new PA altitude turnbuckle for my home made mounting.
How's that for prioritising? :lol:


http://fullerscopes.blogspot.dk/

H-alpha: Baader 160mm D-ERF, iStar 150/10 H-alpha objective, 2" Baader 35nm H-a, 2" Beloptik KG3,
Lunt 60MT etalon, Lunt B1200S2 BF, Assorted T-S GPCs or 2x "Shorty" Barlow, ZWO ASI174.
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Absolutely Rusted on taking advantage of the "Down Time."

like you, with our bad-weather in S.E.England, I've been working on the new R2 imaging-system, where it is now all fitted in a flight-case and over the weekend the first imaging trials using a 114mm reflector-scope, has successfully imaged a Boeing 747 at some 20-miles range, from home and through a double-glazed window in poor day-light too.

Even the first image taken and extracted from an AVI-file of my weather-station's mast-head at around 40-feet distance, shows some of the many possibilities available.

Just need some Sun-shine to try the new portable-gear along with the reflector and the Vixen mount outside for some WL trials...

Cheers for now
Terry
Attachments
Snapshot 2 (15-11-2020 21-16)-moviemaker-psp.jpg
Snapshot 2 (15-11-2020 21-16)-moviemaker-psp.jpg (61.37 KiB) Viewed 425 times
Snapshot 5 (15-11-2020 21-32).jpg
Snapshot 5 (15-11-2020 21-32).jpg (39.79 KiB) Viewed 425 times


EGRAY_OBSERVATORY
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6871
Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
Location: Essex, S.E.England
Been thanked: 4900 times

Re: KEEP AN EYE ON THE S.E.LIMB for more action - NOW

Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

As Dan has just mentioned in his own post, there is another massive Sun-spot appearing on the edge of the S.E.Limb, as of 22:00z on Monday evening
16th November..

Hopefully I will get a little bit of Sun-shine to image this with the new R2 and the 114mm Reflector - soon.

Watch this (or that) space...

Terry


Post Reply