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Safe Solar Viewing / Imaging.

Last post by Gordon « Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:17 pm

by Gordon » Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:17 pm

We can't stress enough that viewing and imaging the sun can be very dangerous!!

Using the best equipment to safely view / image the sun is always...

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Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:17 pm
Making your own solar filter film mounting

Last post by OzEclipse « Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:33 am
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by OzEclipse » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:28 am

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Twenty years ago I was observing a total solar eclipse in Zambia. During the partial phases, the wind came up while I was looking through my camera,...

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I had a sheet of Baader film laying around and made a lense cap filter. Tried it yesterday and the sun was so bright you had to use other eyepiece...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:33 am
Lunt LS50 ha

Last post by Unitron48 « Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:44 pm
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by LDW47 » Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:24 pm

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Just set it up this morning, my newly arrived Lunt ha scope. Now for the sun that has hardly been seen for the last month. A couple of test runs and...

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Very nice! Lots of solar activity to view these days....when you can see the Sun!!

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:44 pm
January 2023 Solar Chats.

Last post by Gordon « Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:36 pm
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by Gordon » Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:26 pm

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Back a couple years ago we had a number of solar heads that started a chat area here. I'm not sure what happened but it seemed to stop, so I thought...

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January's weather is not co-operating with me!!!

Nothing but clouds and rain!

Hopefully this weekend it will clear out enough to capture some...

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Last post by Gordon
Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:36 pm
solar eclipse down under 2023

Last post by yobbo89 « Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:12 pm

by yobbo89 » Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:12 pm

I don't think i found any talk about it here, i'm sure joe (ozeclipse) will be excited ,there's a total eclipse happening in april this year for the...

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Last post by yobbo89
Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:12 pm
Earth closest to the Sun today

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:54 pm
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by Frankskywatcher » Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:12 pm

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Happy viewing everyone .

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A graphic showed up on my computer of earth orbiting the sun and tilting on its axis so that it is leaning away from the sunlight, meaning winter in...

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Last post by Frankskywatcher
Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:54 pm
SOHO WHO KNEW

Last post by ranjimdom « Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:26 pm
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by Frankskywatcher » Thu Dec 22, 2022 8:12 pm

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It was totally fascinating reading about Soho and how it was almost lost in space when it’s gyroscopes failed and how they re-commissioned it by...

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Happy New Year! May happiness and love be everywhere, and wish peace to our planet in 2023.

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Last post by ranjimdom
Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:26 pm
Parker Solar Probe Passes Sun For a 2 Time

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:09 pm

by Frankskywatcher » Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:09 pm

This was two days ago, I didn’t know it was making a second pass.
What’s really amazing is the video of it actually flying by the sun there’s one...

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Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:09 pm
Video: Solar snake spotted slithering across sun's surface

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:29 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Wed Nov 16, 2022 11:28 pm

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:29 am
WL Filters

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:59 pm
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by LDW47 » Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:40 pm

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Has anyone did a comparison between a Baader WL solar film filter and the Thousand Oaks solar film ( not glass ) filter. If so which is preferred and...

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I have used both films including a 1000 Oaks glass filter, the Baader film has better resolution for seeing fine details over the 1000 Oaks.

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:59 pm
Video: Solar Orbiter's unprecedented view of the quiet corona

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:34 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:34 pm

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Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:34 pm
Sun magnetic fields

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:26 pm
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by Murphy625 » Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:39 am

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My first post in this forum. I was a member of another forum that seems to be shut down and a quick google search pointed me here.

I have an amateur...

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My first post in this forum. I was a member of another forum that seems to be shut down and a quick google search pointed me here.

I have an amateur...

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:26 pm
Image: Sun releases strong solar flare

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:14 am

by notFritzArgelander » Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:14 am

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Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:14 am
Evolution of emerging anti-Hale region and associated eruptive solar flares

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:49 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:49 pm

An anti-Hale region is one violating Hale's Law or the Hale-Nicholson rule.

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Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:49 pm
Researchers determine bright-magnetic relationship for decaying sunspots

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:34 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:34 pm

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Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:34 pm
The history of the sun is written on the moon

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:20 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:20 pm

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Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:20 pm
2022 Winning Solar Photo

Last post by Thefatkitty « Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:56 pm
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by GCoyote » Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:23 pm

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Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:56 pm
New calculations of solar spectrum resolve decade-long controversy about the sun's chemical composition

Last post by GCoyote « Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:15 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Mon May 23, 2022 9:53 pm

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Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:15 am
Newly described 'solar clock' can precisely predict solar cycle events years in advance

Last post by GCoyote « Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:52 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:18 am

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Last post by GCoyote
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:52 am
video: Solar Orbiter solves magnetic switchback mystery

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Mon Sep 12, 2022 4:43 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Mon Sep 12, 2022 4:43 pm

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Mon Sep 12, 2022 4:43 pm
High-resolution images of the sun show its chromosphere in vivid detail

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:29 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:29 pm

From NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:29 pm
magnetic reconnection details that trigger solar filament eruption

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:07 pm

by notFritzArgelander » Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:07 pm

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Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:07 pm
Space bubbles to shield us from the sun

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:18 am
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by Chich » Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:49 am

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MIT has a proposal to install a large bubble shield betwixt us and the sun to halt/slow climate change. Interesting idea but wonder if it is feasible...

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It'd be a huge obstacle to solar observing from Earth's surface. Fortunately it is hugely impractical.

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Last post by notFritzArgelander
Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:18 am
First of NASA's SunRISE SmallSats rolls off production line

Last post by Chich « Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:56 pm
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by notFritzArgelander » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:07 pm

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Last post by Chich
Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:56 pm
Solar storm to hit Earth's magnetic field on July 21

Last post by messier 111 « Thu Jul 21, 2022 5:58 pm
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by notFritzArgelander » Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:51 pm

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Thu Jul 21, 2022 5:58 pm

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