Category: Sun

Sunspots On the Edge

Hallo

Here´s some further information

Object Name: sunspot complex 1161-1162
Object Type: sunspot
Location: Tale, Austria
Date: 23.2.2011
Media: pencil on white paper, digital work done with “Gimp 2”
Equipment: Skywatcher Equinox 100/900ED with Baader Herschel Wedge, Baader Maxbright Binoviewer and 18mm Baader Genuine Ortho eyepieces

Seeing was moderate, therefore 130x was the highest possible magnification. Some nice lightbridges near the umbra of the bigger sunspot caught my attention.

Kind regards
Michael

A Partial Solar Eclipse

Hello sketchers,all o.k.?This morning i have see one great astro phenomenon of 2011:The partial eclipse of our star!
Me and my friend Gianni go to little town of Montesecco,5 Km from my home and at 500 m of altitude.
I have the horyzon free to east,beautyfull vision of sunset.
I have my refractor Kenko 80/1000 with astrosolar filter,my friend his digital camera.
I draw the first sketch before eclipse at 7,48 a.m.
The eclipse start at 7,54 a.m. ,the sun only just rise.Incredible was the sensation of cold wind and blue light at the moment of maximum.

I make my sketches only quarter of hour until 10,40 a.m. when the eclipse end.
Thisis the first rough sketches copy,i sent you nextly the fair copy of that.
At next sketches,ciao!
Giorgio Bonacorsi.

Site:Montesecco,(fraction of Pergola’s municypality)
Date:4 of January 2011 from 7,54 to 10,40 a.m.
Instrument:Refractor Kenko 80/1000 with astrosolar filter
Eyepiece:25 mm ortoscopic,6mm lantanium for particular of sunspot.
Seeing:Good,only light clouds at start and at the end
Temperature:Icely at star,cold at the end.
Technics:graphite pencill on withe paper fabriano 4.

Big Ball of Fire

Hallo! This is my sketch of the Sun. This is my first time sketching with Lunt Solar Telescope, and first time in h-alpha.

Object: Sun.
Scope: Lunt LS 60T h-alpha
Eyepiece: Plossl 15mm
Time and date: November 19th, 2010. 11:30-12:00 CET
Place: Lipinki, Poland
Technique: Graphite pencil
Tooling: Some correction with PhotoShop
Observer: Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)

Prominences on the Southeastern Limb

Hi All

Hi Frank…

Two of the biggest prominences I have seen in a long time, located on the S-E limb disk.

Sunday, November 14 ,2010

Weather conditions: Clear Sky, seeing 2-3/5, Alt=28d.

Sketch was taken with digital tools in the photoshop cs.

Thank you for looking.

Peter Desypris

Location: Athens, Greece

http://www.ceo-despet.blogspot.com/

The Sun from Trondheim City

Hey!

I send you an observation of the sun seen in H-alfa. The sun was seen between drifting clouds.
There was most activity near the south-western limb. This sketch is raw and directly made at
the telescope.
I was home to a friend with a 50 mm refractor just outside Trondheim city, Norway.
I used white paper, graphite and colour pencil.
This is my first try to sketch the sun seen in H-alfa.
Hope you like it!

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.