i also like to image deep space objects from my doorstep. light pollution on the near san diego is terrible, but narrow band filters allow me to capture nice contrasty images. my open sky oppertunities are in the east/northeast sky, and i can not view setting objects. too bad, as i live only 2 blocks from the beach, [...]
Archive for November 2010
Crab Nebula 26 Nov 2010
November 28, 2010Emerging Flux Region 27 Nov 2010
November 27, 2010i captured this emerging flux region during a holiday break. a high pressure system moved in over SoCal and observation conditions were fantastic.man, it was clear blue skies for hours. on 27 nov 2010, this emerging flux region (EFR) showed itself on the solar disc. an EFR is a great subject for time lapse imaging, as it [...]
the photosphere, lower chromosphere, and upper chromosphere
November 8, 2010this giff was made with a baader white light photo film filter, a baader 80 ang CaK filter, a lunt 2.4 ang solar diagonal, a single stacked 75mm hydrogen alpha, then a double stacked hydrogen alpha. sunspots and faculae are visible in the photosphere, and more plage can be seen in the lower chromosphere cak images. a large filament and dark mottles and [...]
AR1121 in hydrogen and calcium light
November 8, 2010these 2 movies show AR1121 in calcium and hydrogen light. both were captured at 1 minute intervals on 5 nov 2010. a surge of plama can be seen in the hydrogen alpha movie the calcium movie shown below exhibits a modest change in brightness in small areas of the plage. of interest is the granulation [...]
AR 1121 7 Nov 2010
November 8, 2010what a great day for solar observation. seeing was excellent due to a high pressure weather system. AR 1121 put on a great show. these movies were made at 1 minute intervals using a joystick and lucam recorder. a bright flash can be seen that corresponds to xray observations. the xray shows a typical flare profile with sudden increase [...]
First Post on the New Solar Blog
November 6, 2010here is a solar prominence movie captured at 1 minute intervals on 3 nov 2010 from 1955-2111 UT. i used a takahashi tsa 102, dmk ccd, and a double stacked 75mm hydrogen alpha filter
