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Sunspots wl September 2024

Last post by John Baars « Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 pm
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by mariosi » Sat Sep 07, 2024 6:21 pm
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Sunspots on 1/9/2024 Sunday

Thanks for looking

Sunspots on 1 9 24 text .jpg

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A great project!
Thanks for sharing it with us.
I'd say a VROD recommendation for the entire project!
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Last post by John Baars
Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 pm
Sunspots September 20th

Last post by Baurice « Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 pm

by Baurice » Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 pm

The Sun was low and in thin cloud. I checked it with my binoculars and saw that the sunspots I had seen two days before had rotated.

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Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:02 pm
Sunspots September 19th

Last post by Baurice « Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:30 am

by Baurice » Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:30 am

It was too hazy for photography, so I saw the Sun through my binoculars and filters and saw two sunspots.

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Last post by Baurice
Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:30 am
NGC6940

Last post by Falcon 63 « Mon Sep 16, 2024 1:35 pm
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by John Baars » Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:06 am

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Hereby a sketch of NGC 6940
For a full report see

NGC6940 Mothra cluster final.jpg

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Excellent sketch John.

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Last post by Falcon 63
Mon Sep 16, 2024 1:35 pm
Sunspots 4/8/24

Last post by Ylem « Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:36 pm
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by mariosi » Sun Aug 04, 2024 12:02 pm

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Good morning all,
Sunspots this morning at 07:35 l.t. The weather is clear and sunny!

Thanks for looking
Marios

Sunspots 4 8 24 text .jpg...

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Congratulations on the well deserved APOD 👏 👍

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Last post by Ylem
Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:36 pm
M27

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:56 am
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by John Baars » Mon Jul 29, 2024 3:26 pm

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A sketch of M27 made on the night of july 28 to july 29.

Location Den Osse in Zeeland, Netherlands. Bortle 4-5. Sketching at the telescope took me...

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Excellent sketch as always John :)

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:56 am
Jupiter and friends 7.30.2024 Naked Eye

Last post by mariosi « Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:59 pm
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by pakarinen » Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:01 pm

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Stepped out to clear skies and this nice grouping this morning. I'm clearly no artist and I couldn't find my sketch book, but clockwise from moon:...

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Very nice! Keep looking up!!

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Last post by mariosi
Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:59 pm
Tweedledee and Tweedledum

Last post by pakarinen « Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:29 pm
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by John Baars » Mon Jul 15, 2024 1:03 pm

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The twin-brothers from Alice in Wonderland,drawn from behind the telesope and later sketched on real drawing paper. Sketches were photographed and...

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Very nice sketches!

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Last post by pakarinen
Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:29 pm
How to make a realistic sketch of a Globular in Paint? Or a similar program?

Last post by mariosi « Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:25 am
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by John Baars » Sun Jun 16, 2024 5:57 pm

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Accurately reframing a globular cluster is monk's work. It takes not only hours at the telescope, but also hours of post-processing. After all,...

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Excellent tutorial John! Thank you for sharing it with us all.

Greetings from Nicosia
Marios

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Last post by mariosi
Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:25 am
M102, NGC6210 and M5

Last post by Ylem « Tue Jun 25, 2024 3:20 pm
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by John Baars » Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:04 pm

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I sketched M102, NGC6210 an M5 lately.
For a view see my report:

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Beautiful sketches John!

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Last post by Ylem
Tue Jun 25, 2024 3:20 pm
Sunspots on 6/5/24 W/L

Last post by mariosi « Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:44 pm
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by mariosi » Tue May 07, 2024 3:23 am

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Sunspots on 6/5/24

Thanks for looking and enjoy the light

Sunspots 6 5 24 text .jpg

Sunspots 6 5 24 .jpg

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Thank you very much Jeff !!!

Marios

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Last post by mariosi
Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:44 pm
Sunspots May 9th

Last post by Baurice « Thu May 09, 2024 7:23 pm

by Baurice » Thu May 09, 2024 7:23 pm

The Sun seemed very active, even through binoculars and I made this sketch.

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Last post by Baurice
Thu May 09, 2024 7:23 pm
Latest sketches of M3 and M53

Last post by messier 111 « Wed May 08, 2024 5:02 pm
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by John Baars » Mon May 06, 2024 2:37 pm

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My latest sketches of M3 and M53 can be seen over here:

I found out that the Airbrush in Paint can be well used to simulate minimally small...

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fine work , thx John .

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Last post by messier 111
Wed May 08, 2024 5:02 pm
Last Jupiter sketch before Christmas?

Last post by mariosi « Tue May 07, 2024 3:19 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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Wonderful presentation and beautiful details John!!!

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Last post by mariosi
Tue May 07, 2024 3:19 am
Centaurus A NGC 5128

Last post by mariosi « Tue May 07, 2024 3:17 am
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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 Wayne, excellent work!!!

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Last post by mariosi
Tue May 07, 2024 3:17 am
Stock 2

Last post by mariosi « Tue May 07, 2024 3:13 am
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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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Congratulations John....Excellent work !!!!
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Last post by mariosi
Tue May 07, 2024 3:13 am
Sunspots Jan 14th

Last post by Baurice « Fri May 03, 2024 8:05 pm

by Baurice » Fri May 03, 2024 8:05 pm

#Sunspots January 14th:

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Last post by Baurice
Fri May 03, 2024 8:05 pm
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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Last post by Baurice
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
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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Last post by Baurice
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:23 pm
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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Last post by Baurice
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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Last post by Baurice
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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Last post by Baurice
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:32 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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Last post by Baurice
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

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