May 27 Sun and the past three days
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 12:56 am
Hey all,
Was another nice day here. I went out to see a lady who's on my regular job route list to do a side-job. I trimmed a hedge thats about 60" long, 8" high and 5" wide. I also pulled/cut all the vines and small maple trees growing inside it, as well as cleaning out the accumulated trash. Doing that and cleaning all the trimmings up took about 2 1/2 hours and I made $300 cash. Sweet; it helps pay for my solar addiction.
I got in at 4PM; had a shower, got my solar setup and cracked open a tall-boy. It was 23C (about 76F) outside and a mostly clear sky; a few high thins. I will take that.
The Sun was getting lower in the west, so I got busy and took 130 shots at ISO 800 at 1/1600th with my EOS 550D, Baader Solar Continuum and UV/IR filters on the T-ring nosepiece and a 3.8 OD filter on the front of my C80-HD.
Again, this is the best 10% aligned and stacked with PIPP and AS3. No post processing either:
Annotations:
Full size image here
AR3315 now has a "light-bridge" cutting through the right side umbra (the dark patch), as seen here:
What is a light-bridge? From the SOLAR-B website:
Light-bridges are lanes of bright material that divide the umbra in a sunspot. They are often observed during the break-up of sunspots and therefore can represent the re-establishment of convection which is normally inhibited by the sunspot's strong magnetic field. Their increased brightness suggests a higher plasma temperature than in the surrounding umbra, and they have been shown to display significantly enhanced chromospheric brightness and activity, including jets and surges.
I've had good luck since the 24th (Wednesday); Thursday wasn't the best of skies but oh well. Here's the progression of all that:
Hopefully tomorrow will be day 5. Was hoping to do some observing tonight as it's so nice out, but the previously mentioned high thins now have company. C'est la vie!!
Hope you fare better and all the best,
Was another nice day here. I went out to see a lady who's on my regular job route list to do a side-job. I trimmed a hedge thats about 60" long, 8" high and 5" wide. I also pulled/cut all the vines and small maple trees growing inside it, as well as cleaning out the accumulated trash. Doing that and cleaning all the trimmings up took about 2 1/2 hours and I made $300 cash. Sweet; it helps pay for my solar addiction.
I got in at 4PM; had a shower, got my solar setup and cracked open a tall-boy. It was 23C (about 76F) outside and a mostly clear sky; a few high thins. I will take that.
The Sun was getting lower in the west, so I got busy and took 130 shots at ISO 800 at 1/1600th with my EOS 550D, Baader Solar Continuum and UV/IR filters on the T-ring nosepiece and a 3.8 OD filter on the front of my C80-HD.
Again, this is the best 10% aligned and stacked with PIPP and AS3. No post processing either:
Annotations:
Full size image here
AR3315 now has a "light-bridge" cutting through the right side umbra (the dark patch), as seen here:
- AR3315.jpg (14.39 KiB) Viewed 221 times
What is a light-bridge? From the SOLAR-B website:
Light-bridges are lanes of bright material that divide the umbra in a sunspot. They are often observed during the break-up of sunspots and therefore can represent the re-establishment of convection which is normally inhibited by the sunspot's strong magnetic field. Their increased brightness suggests a higher plasma temperature than in the surrounding umbra, and they have been shown to display significantly enhanced chromospheric brightness and activity, including jets and surges.
I've had good luck since the 24th (Wednesday); Thursday wasn't the best of skies but oh well. Here's the progression of all that:
Hopefully tomorrow will be day 5. Was hoping to do some observing tonight as it's so nice out, but the previously mentioned high thins now have company. C'est la vie!!
Hope you fare better and all the best,
