Session time is 14:08 to 14:56 UTC. The skies are partly cloudy with abundant high cirrus type clouds. Seeing is fair. The temperature is 73F.
Coronado SolarMax II 60 DS. 16x, 21.5x and 33x ( Ha )
I can only see one active region plage easily. That is AR12829 in the SW. I can see another plage approaching the LCM in the NE but it's not obvious. I can see a long thin filament just to the north of it. I can also see two other fainter plage disturbances. One in the NE and the second in the SE close to the limb.
Outside of the aforementioned filament I see few others. Two in the far SW and another small round one in the far NNE close to the limb. Both were fairly hard to see.
I can see three prominence areas. A group of proms on the SE limb near a small plage. I can see their form well. I see a bright northward curving one in the SW. The largest and brightest one is in the NW.
The mottles are visible without difficulty but being softened a bit by the high cloudiness.
Orion 70mm Solar Telescope. 25x and 50x ( WL )
I can see only two spots in AR12829. The SE one is larger than the NW one. SDOHMIc shows a number of tiny pores associated with this group including a tiny group immediately to the NW. I still can faintly see it's faculae. I can see another group in the NE approaching the LCM. I can see one tiny spot and two pores. SDO HMIc shows 5 with the largest being double. So 6 maybe? I can see an easy patch of faculae in the SE near the limb. The systems that were in the NW and SW have now passed around the limb.
Granulation was visible but not obvious.
I find doing solar a bit difficult with a three year old grandson running around. I tried to give him a view in the scope but he is just too young and hyper to have much of an interest. Girls are different. My granddaughter Kloie when she was three would have looked and asked simple questions.
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June 9 2021 Observations.
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Thanks for the report James. Clouds here so apricated.
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Thanks for the update James, and no worries about your grandchildren you have learned them the basics
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Re: June 9 2021 Observations.
Thanks for the report, James. Fingers crossed tomorrow we might be lucky with the weather.
When I shoot or watch the Sun, my 3 year old daughter is also actively "helping". She then parks the telescope by quickly pressing a couple of buttons on the remote control, then pulls the usb wire out of the laptop.
But he knows for sure that the Sun is red
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When I shoot or watch the Sun, my 3 year old daughter is also actively "helping". She then parks the telescope by quickly pressing a couple of buttons on the remote control, then pulls the usb wire out of the laptop.
But he knows for sure that the Sun is red
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Thank you James and yes indeed some youngsters are quite eager to learn a little of both Solar and night-sky subjects and some schools where juniors have been presented to by myself and other club-members as outreach, have shown great interest and asked some excellent questions too..
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I seem to have trouble keeping them interested. Kids seem to like video games and TikTok more than they do astronomy. I read an article in Sky and Telescope many years back stating that most kids had to be around 10 years old before their intellect and attention span would allow them to grasp the hobby. By what I have seen in youngsters today, girls would have the upper hand. It's getting them interested among all the other distractions they have that is difficult. My granddaughter 11 year old Kloie loves me but she probably thinks I am a nerd. It's TikTok and cheerleading that interests her the most.
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Re: June 9 2021 Observations.
Lovely to hear your stories as well as the report James little boys will be little boys, when do they ever grow up, they always have an attention span of 5 seconds
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Unless they see a pretty girl!
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