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Got a nice view of sunspot group 2778 at noon today with the Orion Starblast fitted with a sun-filter. No time for a photo however. Maybe try tomorrow. Counted 12 individual spots in the group.
Darn … clouds moved in after 12 noon so I didn't image that sunspot group. Maybe in a couple of days when the sun is out.
Was able to image sunspots 2779 and 2778 with the Orion StarBlast telescope and Orion 6.3 mpixel 'mini' color camera on Oct 30 around 12:30 pm. Took a still image from the video and compared that to the SOHO sun image from earlier in the day as shown below. (WOW so glad we can post images again!)
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Another sunspot group (2781) is rotating into view. Viewed today; will photograph tomorrow! Check out https://spaceweather.com/ for details.
Sunspot group AR 2781 is quite impressive! It has rotated into an ideal view for observers with sun filtered telescopes. A view from 3 days ago (11-6-2020) taken with the StarBlast 4.5 inch reflector with Orion solar filter and 6.3 Mpixel camera is shown below. Great views and discussions continue on https://spaceweather.com
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A great Mars 3-D imaging video from the Pic Du Midi observatory is today's feature on https://spaceweather.com/. A complete rotation of Mars is presented taken during the close opposition this October and early November.
SOHO C3 shows a big coronal mass ejection (CME) today and solar flare. The sunspot responsible should be rotating into view in a few days.
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An interesting C3 gif movie from SOHO today shows the planet Mercury nearing superior conjunction (below the sun to the right) as well as a small comet (Erasmus) entering the fov on the right in the last few frames. https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif
Mercury (lower left) and comet Erasmus (top left) are soon to exit the SOHO C3 field of view (fov) https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif. Sun is relatively quiet today but increased activity is in the forecast https://spaceweather.com/.
Today's C2 SOHO images includes two small comets that were eventually vaporized by the sun. Also see https://spaceweather.com/
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A nice SOHO C3 gif animation from today shows the two comets mentioned above and the planets Saturn and Jupiter (bright objects to the left of the sun). Pretty cool! https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif.
Another interesting SOHO C3 gif animation from today shows bright Jupiter, less bright Saturn moving to solar conjunction; a small sun grazing comet appears near the end of the video at the 8-oclock position. https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif
SOHO shows some interesting solar activity on it's latest C2 and C3 videos https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/gif/. Venus appears on the right in the C3 as it closes in on superior conjunction. Sun has 2 new sunspot groups. https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/hmi_igr/1024/latest.html
Venus, moving to superior solar conjunction has entered the fov of SOHO C2 imaging https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif. Will pass within 2 degrees of the sun on March 26th https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20210326_11_100.
C2 gif movies from today show Venus moving away from its superior sun conjunction. Note also what appears to be a small sun-grazing comet (probably vaporizing) early on the 31st of March. https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif
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