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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 2 weeks, 1 day ago

    Probable CME today (image).  The complex sunspot group (3007) may be the origin.

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 weeks, 2 days ago

    Two possible coronal mass ejections (CME’s) from th

     

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 1 month ago

    An still image from a video taken April 21, 2002 shown below.  Lots of big sunspots!  I used the Starblast 4.5 in reflector with full sun filter and the Orion 6.3 megapixel color camera.

     

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Well, I have to complement WeatherUnderground’s forecast for tonight and hope you changed your mind and were able to observe tonight  Josef!  Not able to go, I will nonetheless get out in my observatory for a bit of galaxy observing later tonight.  Hope those able to be at Eagle Bluff have a great Messier Marathon!

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 1 month, 3 weeks ago

    SOHO C3 showing an earth directed CME and Mercury approaching superior conjunction below.

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 2 months ago

    How great to see the Falcon launch and then the first stage returning to Port Canaveral in person, John!  I am so envious!

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Astronomers around the World in the forum General Discussion 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    It is disturbing to think Dr. Dudnik and other Ukrainian scientists may have to suspend their work because of the Russian invasion.  Even Russian scientists are against this war…[Read more]

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Jupiter, approaching solar conjunction, appears now in SOHO’s C3 camera field of view https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/1024/latest.html.

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    So glad you guys got to see this launch!  Seems to be a great observation site (Kayak Beach), however difficult to get to.  Followed it on the Space X website and as usual the live coverage was awesome https://www.spacex.com/launches/cosmo-skymed/

    Bob

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    John, did you get to see the Space X launch of the Italian satellite on the 31st ?  I know it was scrubbed 4 days in a row.  Sad if you missed it.

    Bob

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Thanks John and Kathy for the picture info!  Hoping your weather and SpaceX are ‘go’ for today’s launch!

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Very nice John and Kathy.  What kind of camera/lens was Kathy using?

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago

    Would love to see a launch also John.  Very nice observation!

    Another interesting observation appears in the SOHO C3 camera video (2 posts back) covering the last 3 days. On the 20th Mercury appears at the 10 o’clock position and moves to the right against the background stars of Capricorn.  As it does it appears to disappear!  So little of it…[Read more]

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Armchair Observations in the forum General Discussion 4 months, 2 weeks ago

    Brilliant Venus, approaching inferior conjunction, is now visible in C3 SOHO fov.  See above for a video (over the next 10 days) of the planets conjunction with the sun.  See also https://spaceweather.com/ for photos and details of the conjunction.

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Wow! Did anyone get a photo of comet Leonard and M3 ? (See https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=180044).  Hopefully we’ll have a nice binocular and small telescope view over the next month or two.

     

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 6 months ago

    Having a recent Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of a planet you have photographed really helps one recognize subtle structures visible in one’s blurry pics.  In the attached image the Hubble image is part of yearly maps of each planet taken as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy program, or OPAL.  Check out Hubble’s recent photo…[Read more]

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 2 weeks ago

    Whoops!  The Frontenac SP event noted above was on Nov 6th and not the 7th!

     

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 2 weeks ago

    Thanks darkskyjim (should I just say Jim!? ) .  Our web page highlights the Nov 7th Frontenac State Park event and the images of that are awesome.  Sadly, I had to stay in Rochester where the sky and seeing was excellent but not like the skies over Frontenac.  Wow!

    Later (about 2am), I did wake, got to my observatory and as the skies were st…[Read more]

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 6 months, 3 weeks ago

    Thanks Darkskyjim! Below is a Jupiter photo from 10-30-2021 taken with a 10 in. SCT and the 6.3 M pixel color camera. Staking of 150 frames with Registax6.

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    fealeybob14 replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 7 months, 2 weeks ago

    Observing and doing some astrophotography 10/8 from my observatory. Skies were dark and clear but humidity high. Tried my hand for first time photographing nebulae. M 27 (Dumbell) was a good starting point for me and it is well placed in the sky these nights. Used my right angle finder scope (50mm dia.) with removable eyepiece and put in the…[Read more]

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