Sunspots 31/8/21 - 1/9/21 - 2/9/21.

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mariosi Cyprus
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Sunspots 31/8/21 - 1/9/21 - 2/9/21.

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Hello all,
Sunspots on 31/8/21 1/9/21 2/9/21

I'm used:
SCOPE: Dobsonian 10px Sky-Watcher solid tube 1200/f4.7
EYEPIECE:Celestron zoom eyepiece 8-24mm
Mag: X50
Astrosolar film Baader
LOCATION: Mammari

Thanks for looking
Sunspots 31 8 21 text .jpg
Sunspots 31 8 21 AR 12859 12860.jpg
Sunspots 1 9 21 text .png
Sunspots 1 9 21 AR 12859 12860.png
Sunspots 2 9 21 text .png
Sunspots 2 9 31 AR 18260 18263.png
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Hi Marios. A very nice gallery of your sunspots with the Sky-Watcher Dob telescope in white light. The active regions show up quite well in your sketches. Thanks for sharing these with us on here Marios, and keep up the great work.
Marshall
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Great sketches Marios and congrats on winning the VROD for today!
-Michael
Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
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Well done, Marios! And congrats on the VROD recognition.

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nice work , thx .
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Congratulations on theVROD!
Refractors in frequency of use : *SW Evostar 120ED F/7.5 (all round ), * Vixen 102ED F/9 (vintage), both on Vixen GPDX.
GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets).
Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
Commonly used bino's : *Jena 10X50 , * Canon 10X30 IS, *Swarovski Habicht 7X42, * Celestron 15X70, *Kasai 2.3X40
Rijswijk Public Observatory: * Astro-Physics Starfire 130 f/8, * 6 inch Newton, * C9.25, * Meade 14 inch LX600 ACF, *Lunt.
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Very well done Marios; a nice three-day run there! And congratulations on the VROD as well!

All the best,
Mark

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Beautiful Marios! And congratulations on the VROD :)
Clear Skies,
-Jeff :telescopewink:


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