Armchair Observations – Page 7 – Rochester Astronomy Club

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May 9, 2022 at 1:39 pm #13699
fealeybob14
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Probable CME today (image). The complex sunspot group (3007) may be the origin.
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1. CME-5-9-22.jpg
May 10, 2022 at 10:50 am #13701
John Attewell
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Wow! That’s a big one.
July 18, 2022 at 5:51 pm #13783
fealeybob14
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Great C3 SOHO video of Mercury swinging around an active sun in the last 4 days
July 19, 2022 at 3:47 pm #13786
John Attewell
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Big CMEs too!
August 6, 2022 at 10:16 pm #13795
fealeybob14
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A still image from today’s (Aug 6th) SOHO C3 camera showing a probable CME (red arrow) as well as a small comet (yellow arrow). See these events in the gif animation of C3 images above as well.
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1. Aug6-possible-CME-and-tiny-comet-SOHO-C3.jpg
August 7, 2022 at 12:45 pm #13797
John Attewell
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Very nice pic of the comet but it looks like that poor thing didn’t have a chance because you don’t see it exit on the other side of the sun. If you watch closely you can see it accellerate as it approaches the sun.
October 10, 2022 at 4:21 pm #13978
fealeybob14
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SOHO C3 image from today (10-10-2022) shows our active sun (Solar Cycle 25), Venus and stars of Virgo (Spica and Porrima (gamma Virginis).
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1. SOHO-C3-image-10-10-2022.jpg
November 6, 2022 at 5:53 pm #14058
fealeybob14
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Venus, Mercury and a pair of mini sun-grazing comets in todays (11/6/2022) SOHO C3 video! https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/Theater/

Both mini comets come in from the 5 o’clock position. Venus is brilliant on the left and Mercury, almost in superior conjunction, on the right.
November 8, 2022 at 12:53 pm #14059
fealeybob14
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Lunar eclipse photos from early this morning. Fortunately, the sky was still clear and the moon well placed in the Western sky. Had a nice view thru my 7 power finder scope with multiple stars and possibly Uranus in the same field of view. Photos taken during early (Starblast) and late (guide) totality. Stills from Orion 6.3 M pixel camera videos with 1/2 second exposures.
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1. Lunar-eclipse-11-8-2022-60mm-guide-scope-and-Starblast-4.5-scope-scaled.jpg
November 17, 2022 at 12:10 pm #14062
fealeybob14
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Here is an interesting website that contains cool animations and graphics and data concerning the Moon’s occultation of Mars in December and the total solar eclipse of 2024 https://www.shadowandsubstance.com/
November 19, 2022 at 11:46 am #14063
fealeybob14
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Venus, Mercury and delta Scorpii (Dschubba) line up east of the Sun and are joined by a CME from the sun’s west side.
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1. C3-11-19-2022-with-Venus-Mercury-and-CME.jpg
January 31, 2023 at 3:57 pm #14107
fealeybob14
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Comet 96P Machholz is back in the SOHO C3 sky swinging around the sun and at perihelium today (see the SOHO gif movie below. The last visit I believe was around Oct. 29, 2017.
May 14, 2023 at 6:36 pm #14254
fealeybob14
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The Pleiades (M 45) have just come into view on the SOHO C3 camera.
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1. Pleaides-on-SOHO-2023.jpg
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