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Blog Post:
Killer Sun image shows prominences, filaments, sunspots!
David Eicher
As a reader of this blog, you’ve seen many cool images shot by astroimager John Chumack. Here is yet another — a fabulous Sun image John captured December 11, 2011, showing a full range of solar activity, prominences, filaments, plage, and sunspots all in one picture! [caption image="...
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Thu, Dec 29 2011
Blog Post:
James Kevin Ty nails the great sunspot group
David Eicher
First of all, let me apologize for taking a couple days off from blogging. I have had a flurry of projects this week, including one that is huge and last minute for the January issue of the magazine. Now that I’ve caught my breath on those special things, back to the norm . . . [caption image...
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Fri, Sep 30 2011
Blog Post:
Huge solar activity portends auroral displays
David Eicher
Enormous storms on the Sun are creating great opportunities for solar viewing and imaging by amateur astronomers as they watch a monster sunspot group (1302), which is now visible to the naked eye . A significant explosion from the Sun’s corona occurred Saturday morning, September 24, and is making...
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Tue, Sep 27 2011
Blog Post:
Sizzling hot image of the week
David Eicher
Ohio astroimager John Chumack sent this phenomenal Hydrogen-alpha that he shot of the Sun July 3, 2011, that shows a magnificent prominence towering over our star’s limb. To capture the shot from his backyard in Dayton, Ohio, Chumack used a Lunt 60mm/50F Hydrogen-alpha solar scope with a DMK 21AF04...
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Wed, Jul 6 2011