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.
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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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Re: Sunspots 6/11/22
This is a piece of modern art!
Congratulations on theVROD !
Congratulations on the
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GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets), *SW 102 Maksutov F/13 (Sun).
Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
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