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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nice sunspot
by Melana urianza 02 May '05

02 May '05

HOw many of you are single because ther's a big dance this Thrus and there's a group called strm that has single get togthers and it would be fun to have astronomy a part of the weekend retreats. contact Jody 801 356 1109 about them and to have someone come out and teach about astronomy. Mel Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)trilobyte.net> wrote:Nice sunspot right in the middle of the solar disk. Big enough that I was able to see it with just a #14 welder's filter. Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nice sunspot
by Canopus56 02 May '05

02 May '05

--- astrodeb(a)charter.net wrote: > It is right in the center of the sun right now. I got in a couple of hours of white light viewing at the park up on 11th Ave. Sunspot 756 appeared as the Sun poked in and out of the clouds above the capitol city. At about 2005/05/02 01:00 UTC (2005/05/01 7:00pm MDT Local Time) I made a rough measurement of its maximal diameter (with the tail) and the major axis of the central core using a graduated reticule: 75" - maximum diameter of the core with tail - about 54500 kilometers 46" - major axis of the central core - approx. 33400 kilometers This sunspot is very impressive in size and is reminiscent of a barred galaxy in appearance. (It's definitely worth taking a look at if you have missed it.) The central core is almost rectangular and appears to consist of two side by side overlapping spots. It The extended "tail", which includes a trail of smaller spots, wraps about 200° around the central core. The filaments of the foreground dark clouds provided a great dramatic effect as they drifted across the Sun's disk in the eyepiece. The dark siloheutte of the ocassional seagull also put in an appearance in the eyepiece. One flew in tight circles next to spot 756. Is the emergence of this sunspot somehow related to the large coronal hole seen the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) 284 A angstrom images? << http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ >> << http://spaceweather.com/ >> - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nice sunspot
by astrodeb＠charter.net 01 May '05

01 May '05

It is right in the center of the sun right now. It should be a good photo opportunity for those that have solar filters and digital cameras. And good weather of course. Debbie > > From: Patrick Wiggins <paw(a)trilobyte.net> > Date: 2005/04/30 Sat PM 01:44:08 MDT > To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nice sunspot > > Jim Stitley wrote: > > Patrick, where would one look to "see" the sun? How did > > you?? > > If only I could see it today. I was watching it yesterday. > > It really is big and impressive. Should be there for another few days > before it slides out of view. > > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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