Sunspots 6/11/22
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mariosi
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Sunspots 6/11/22
Good morning to everyone,
to spend my day happily observing the photosphere in the sun.
the bird of course is not real in the eyepiece.The spots are recorded in pencil.
Thanks for looking
to spend my day happily observing the photosphere in the sun.
the bird of course is not real in the eyepiece.The spots are recorded in pencil.
Thanks for looking
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
That is simply wonderful!
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
Very very nice 
Clear Skies,
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
splendid , thx .
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
Nice rendering of the sunspots and observation - you are the winner of the TSS VROD of the day!
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
Quite the sketch! Congrats on your VROD recognition.
Dave
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
Hi Marios. A very nice annotated solar sketch from you. And that ? active region looks to be AR 3142. Thanks for sharing this work with us Marios and congratulations on receiving the TSS VROD Award today.
Marshall
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Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
This is a piece of modern art!
Congratulations on theVROD !
Congratulations on the
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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, * C8, * Meade 14 inch SCT on EQ8, *Lunt.
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