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Sunspots April 30th

Last post by Baurice « Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:36 pm

by Baurice » Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:36 pm

The sky was full of moving cloud of several layers and thicknesses. Fortunately, there were odd gaps and I saw what appeared to be three sunspots...

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Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:36 pm
Sunspots

Last post by Baurice « Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:50 pm

by Baurice » Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:50 pm

I bin scanned the Sun through thin moving cloud and saw three sunspots. A fainter one was on the professional observatory images may have been...

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Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:50 pm
Centaurus A NGC 5128

Last post by Falcon 63 « Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:05 pm
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by Falcon 63 » Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:36 pm

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Hi all,

I sketched this galaxy back a couple of years ago.
A bright (as far as galaxy's go!) visual feast through the eyepiece in Centaurus.
It was...

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Congratulations on the APOD. I can see from the annotation that you used a 10” but what was the light pollution situation at your site?
Joe...

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Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:05 pm
Sun February 10th

Last post by Baurice « Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:23 pm

by Baurice » Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:23 pm

It had been 8 days of continuous cloud and rain. I was starting to think I would fail to get a single decent image in the whole month. The cloud was...

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Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:23 pm
Last Jupiter sketch before Christmas?

Last post by kt4hx « Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:57 am
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by John Baars » Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:18 pm

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All weather stations predicted a one-hour clear sky until 20.30 hrs. For a change they predicted it quite accurately. So out I went with my 102 mm F5...

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Outstanding sketch as always John!

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Last post by kt4hx
Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:57 am
Dercember sketches so far and some from November

Last post by Baurice « Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:55 am

by Baurice » Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:55 am

I'm not posting so often these days, as work and the run-up to Christmas is keeping me busy.

You can get my latest from my blog, Twitter and...

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Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:55 am
Sunspots Nov 15th

Last post by Baurice « Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:28 am

by Baurice » Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:28 am

There were intermittent breaks in the cloud and they parted to reveal two small sunspots near the limit of resolution in my binoculars.

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Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:28 am
Sunspots Nov 10th

Last post by Baurice « Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:32 pm

by Baurice » Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:32 pm

I saw what appeared to be two sunspots through my binoculars and filters. A look at the GONG professional observatories site showed that the oval...

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Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:32 pm
Stock 2

Last post by kt4hx « Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:27 pm
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by John Baars » Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:12 pm

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November is a typical rain-season here. As I always say: Rain in November means Christmas in December :icon-smile:
Never mind. November has kept his...

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That's really good John, you have patience and skill! I've tried this; my problem is the spacing of everything! I never knew this asterism existed, I...

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Last post by kt4hx
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:27 pm
Sunspots Nov 3rd

Last post by Baurice « Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:27 am

by Baurice » Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:27 am

As for the two days before, some solar photons made it through the cloud and reached my binoculars and filters. There was a new large sunspot and one...

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Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:27 am
Sunspots Nov 10th

Last post by Ylem « Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:51 am
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by Baurice » Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:57 am

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Conditions were quite poor, with a lot of moving cloud but I was able to see two sunspots close together through my binoculars and filters.

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Nice Philip :)

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Last post by Ylem
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:51 am
Sunspots Nov 1st

Last post by Ylem « Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:46 am
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by Baurice » Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:18 pm

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The pale midday sunlight reached my binoculars and filters. The sunspots from the day before had apparently grown slightly larger, with the leftmost...

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Nice job Philip!

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Last post by Ylem
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:46 am
Sunspots October 9th

Last post by Baurice « Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:28 am

by Baurice » Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:28 am

I bin scanned the Sun in hazy conditions. I saw two sunspots close to rotating off the solar disc. I bin scanned the Sun in hazy conditions. I saw...

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Last post by Baurice
Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:28 am
Full Moon on 29/9/23

Last post by mariosi « Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:02 pm
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by mariosi » Sat Sep 30, 2023 7:00 pm

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Hello all,
I have started this drawing on 21/8 - 22/8 28/9 and continued it on 28/9 I have finished it on 29/9.

Best Regards and I hope you like it

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Thank you very much Jeff .

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Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:02 pm
Sunspots Oct 3rd

Last post by Ylem « Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:21 am
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by Baurice » Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:49 am

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I bin scanned the Sun under moving cloud conditions and saw two sunspots near the edge of visibility in my binoculars.

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That's exactly what I saw today :)

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Last post by Ylem
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:21 am
Sunspots September 22nd

Last post by Baurice « Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:23 am

by Baurice » Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:23 am

#astronomy Sunspot drawing September 2nd

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Last post by Baurice
Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:23 am
Sunspots September 21st

Last post by Baurice « Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:44 am

by Baurice » Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:44 am

Sunspot drawing soon after sunrise September 21st:

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Last post by Baurice
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:44 am
Saturn and Jupiter .

Last post by messier 111 « Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:27 pm
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by messier 111 » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:03 am

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jupiter and saturn or something like that .

TS 125mm telescope.
162x magnification.
Delos 6mm eyepiece.
sky conditions in general 2.5 out of 5.
They...

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Lovely done!

thx again .

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Last post by messier 111
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:27 pm
sun 9-24-23

Last post by messier 111 « Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:25 pm
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by messier 111 » Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:32 am

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the sun through my ts 125 mm.
very nice day . 24 degrees no wind, a few scattered clouds.
there is a very big difference with the 125 compared to the...

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Beautiful work Jean-Yves!

thx Mariosi .

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Last post by messier 111
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:25 pm
Finally another Saturn sketch.

Last post by John Baars « Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:23 pm
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by John Baars » Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:16 pm

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It has been a while since I ventured into Saturn. As far as I am concerned, it is the most difficult planet to sketch. Especially the elliptical...

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Thank you for all kind words.
I have a version as seen through my 140mm Maksutov too. ( My OMC140 ) However, that one barely differs from the 120mm...

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Last post by John Baars
Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:23 pm
Summer-ring M57

Last post by mariosi « Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:38 pm
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by John Baars » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:21 pm

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M 57.
It was the first deepsky object I ever found with my first purchased 60mm refractor in urban light pollution, some 40 years ago. After quite a...

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Great work! Congratulations on the VROD.

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Last post by mariosi
Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:38 pm
Sunspots

Last post by mariosi « Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:35 pm
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by Baurice » Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:48 am

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The weather had been cloudy for a while. It cleared enough, for a brief period, to allow me to see three sunspots through my binoculars and filters....

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Very nice!

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Last post by mariosi
Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:35 pm
Sunspot Drawing Sep 7th

Last post by Baurice « Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:23 am

by Baurice » Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:23 am

#astronomy Sunspot drawing made from observations using my binoculars and filters:

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Last post by Baurice
Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:23 am
first sunspot sketch, August 27, 2023.

Last post by messier 111 « Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:30 pm
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by messier 111 » Mon Aug 28, 2023 12:51 am

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here is my first solar sketch, be indulgent, I don't have John Baars's mastery.

But I recently saw his sketch on sunspots and it made me want to do...

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Hi Jean Yves,
Congratulations on the VROD and thanks for your nice sketches. You are much better than I am.
Joe

thank you so much joe.

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Last post by messier 111
Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:30 pm
NGC6210, a little Summer-prince

Last post by mariosi « Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:27 pm
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by John Baars » Thu May 18, 2023 10:33 am

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Yesterday evening I took out my 120mm ED Evo star to have a closer look at the DSO's I observed earlier in the week with my 4 inch widefield...

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Very nice work John,and thank you for sharing.

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Last post by mariosi
Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:27 pm

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