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This and that 17 Jun 2013 | 07:50 pm
I am still around,just in case you were wondering. I Have been extremely busy for the past month or so. The electronics for my mount have been repaired ,so I have a fully functional scope again…WOOT W...
Sunspot # 1734 9 May 2013 | 07:12 am
It has been a very busy few weeks. With Spring finally arriving,it means yard work,gardening,and money making work.These activities are the normal for this time of year…ugh!. The other hold up on post...
Sinus Iridum and the Neximage 5 26 Apr 2013 | 04:51 am
Here is a image of the moon from earlier in the week. It shows what is called the Sinus Iridum which is located on the lower left of the moon. The darker crater just North of Sinus iridum is called “P...
Our busy sun 19 Apr 2013 | 04:07 am
I am still cleaning the yards,which is why I haven’t posted lately. Ugh…never ending raking…lol We had a clear day yesterday with good transparency. Which makes a huge difference when observing or ima...
Waahaa……WILSON 11 Apr 2013 | 05:35 am
While looking through some of the images I have taken in the past few weeks. I came across Sunspot # 1711 that could easily fit 5 Earths inside with room to spare. It also looks remarkably like the vo...
Big looping prominence yesterday 9 Apr 2013 | 09:12 pm
Been a busy few days cleaning up after the Winter season. We had a lot of wind this Winter,which brought down branches. The lawn is covered in a floating mattress of willow,and other assorted species ...
Neximage 5 and Saturn 1 Apr 2013 | 07:16 am
Last night was a pretty good night for star gazing. The sky was clear ,and the transparency was good as well. I was close to calling it a early night,but in my better judgment took the opportunity to ...
Their’s a lot of black spots on the sun today… 31 Mar 2013 | 06:42 am
A large sunspot has appeared on the suns eastern limb today. I suspected their would be a rise in activity,after seeing a large fluctuation in the dynamic pressure a couple days ago. http://www.swpc.n...
Our Sun in H-alpha 30 Mar 2013 | 01:55 am
As I have been telling http://schelleycassidy.wordpress.com/ . Keep a eye on the Sun this week. It looks like it is going to become more active. Multiple Sunspots have formed,and dynamic pressure is s...
Sunspot #1704 28 Mar 2013 | 05:35 pm
Sunspot # 1704 is slowly making it’s way across the Northern hemisphere.The sun is quite calm at the moment,with very little activity. This is not a typical solar maximum. Normally during a solar maxi...
