Thursday, November 27, 2014

North America and Pelican Nebulae

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North America and Pelican Nebulae The North America Nebula is a huge emission nebula in Cygnus close to the bright star Deneb. It took me...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Photographic Light Pollution Filter Comparison: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 vs Chroma Loglow

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Having recently moved I've noticed some improvement in my skies from bortle white to bortle "off white".  At zenith on a good ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

10/23/14 partial eclipse animation

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finally finished the animation of the partial eclipse in hydrogen alpha. imaged over about two hours. a "usb fault" caused me ...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

solar active region AR 12192: the monster revisited

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here's a wider view of the monster sunspot grouping i caught just before the recent partial eclipse. according to one source, this grou...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

solar selfie from 10/23/14 eclipse

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why call it a silhouette when i can be trendy? if you look around while the sun is partially eclipsed, you may notice strange things in the...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

eclipse preview and a monster spot

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as usual, the sun has upstaged the moon, producing the largest sunspot folks have seen in years at the same time as the partial solar eclips...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

solar surface animation, eclipse alert 10/23/14

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OK first up there will be a solar eclipse visible from the US on thursday 10/23/14. http://shadowandsubstance.com/#Partial needless to sa...